A proposal to Mr. Soeharto

A proposal to Mr. Soeharto

From Suara Karya

I am an educator and strongly wish to see the creation of a disciplined society in Indonesia. I, therefore, concur fully with the national discipline program initiated by President Soeharto a few years ago.

In my opinion the formal education institutions, from elementary schools to the higher institutes of learning, should be used as one of the main bases to create national discipline.

Ironically, the majority of schools do not pay enough attention to discipline. However perfect a school's curriculum, a student will not achieve the best results if the discipline is not good.

It is regrettable that educators very rarely see that one of the main causes for poor student achievements and behavior is the weak implementation of discipline in school, which is connected with bad school leadership.

The lack of discipline in schools is reflected in the great number of students who behave worse than other groups in the community. Group fights, destruction of public facilities, lack of politeness, etc., characterize student behavior.

I hope that the minister of education and culture gives his attention to the creation of national discipline with a special program for discipline education, using persuasive to repressive methods.

I am fully convinced that national discipline cannot possibly be created without discipline in schools.

I hope this proposal to the President will become a valuable input for the creation of national discipline.

THURSAN HAKIM

Jakarta