Education of what kind?<\/p>\n
People say that the West should finance better education for
\nIndonesia, and if that is so, then what is really required?
\nClearly one area is to broaden the viewpoints of Indonesian
\nstudents so they can see the world for what it is. This poses the
\nmillion-dollar question as to who is in a position to really know
\nand who is qualified enough to teach? No one is truly neutral as
\nthat is almost impossible to be, and therefore teachers tend to
\nteach as they are told to, rather than being innovative and
\nexploring other viewpoints. Even history is written in the main
\nby the victors, and war films totally dominated by the Americans.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately there are nowhere near enough qualified teachers
\nin these islands, and therefore a real need exists to educate the
\nteachers as to how and what to teach. That exercise on its own
\nwould take some years to even achieve a level that was considered
\nanywhere near adequate.<\/p>\n
At the moment it is money and profit that tends to dominate
\neducation as expensive, private schools try to strangle each
\nother in the competition to satisfy the bank account. At the
\nother end of the scale you have insufficient and under-qualified
\nteachers who earn peanuts and soon become ineffective and
\nunderstandably disgruntled.<\/p>\n
Before the West donates whatever is required there is a need
\nhere to rethink the whole education system so that money can be
\ndirected to worthwhile institutions that really care about
\neducating children and in the future of Indonesia, as opposed to
\nthe greedy waste-of-time schools that are only profit orientated
\nand unfortunately there are hundreds of them.<\/p>\n
DAVID WALLIS, Medan<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/education-of-what-kind-1447893297", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }