“Improving The Quality of Education in Indonesia”

Assalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh, and good morning everybody.

Honorable our teacher.

First of all let’s say thanks to the Almighty Allah SWT who has given us His mercy and blessing, and also His chance so that w e can attend to this place to do our activity. We also do not forget to send our great respect to our prophet Muhammad SAW, the last messenger in this world who told us the truth as our guindance in this life.

Ladies and Gentleman,

           

Today I’d like to tell you about Education because we know that education is a very important thing in our life. In this good chance, I’m going to deliver my speech which has title “ Improving The Quality of Education in Indonesia”.

Ladies and Gentleman,

           

A country without a well structured educational system is doomed because education is the key to any form of development in a country.Education in Indonesia is primarily the responsibility of the Ministry of National Education of Indonesia. According to the Indonesian Constitution, all citizens must undertake 12 years of compulsory education, 6 years at elementary level, 3 years in junior high school and senior high school. The constitution also notes that education in Indonesia is divided into two major parts, formal and non-formal.

Since our independence in 1945, our Government has steadily made efforts to improve and expand our education system. Over the years, significant efforts have been made to develop all levels of formal education in Indonesia, from elementary to university education.

The extent to which a nation has achieved success in improving its education is a barometer for measuring its development. Education in Indonesia lags far behind many other countries. The slow progress in the education sector in our country is reflected in the Human Development Index report 2007, which ranked Indonesia number 107 with a score of 0.728.

To improve the quality of education in Indonesia, the Government is making efforts to:
• Create a national movement for completion of basic education, involving communities, especially parents and community leaders, NGOs, the private and industrial sectors.
• Enhance and strengthen existing essential programmes for increasing school enrolment
• Mobilise resources for maintaining and improving the Basic Education Programme.
• Provide better opportunities for private schools and community-based educational institutions to participate in basic education provision.

• Use alternative education approaches and programmes to reach previously unreached poor and remote communities and improve equity in access to basic education.

This is where the global community can be a part of our efforts. For example, many non-profit organisations from Canada like Mustard Seed Canada have been involved in providing quality education to students in Indonesia by:
• building and running schools for children
• rebuilding schools destroyed by natural disasters
• providing teacher-training facilities for pre-service as well as in-service programs
• fostering student exchange programs and study tours
• launching university partnership programs.

There are also other communities or organisations that offer to cooperate with us, like AMINEF, etc.They serve Student Exchange, Scholarship, and many other programs. Students who have finished their study can be back to their country to build their education.

Ladies and Gentleman,

                                                   
That’s all my speech today, I do apologize if I made mistake in my speech. The last words that I can say to you all are : Let’s keep running our works as citizen of this country. Let’s improve our Education.

Wassalamu alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh.