Concern over education

Concern over education

From Kompas

The situation of education in Indonesia gives reason for concern. Some alternative schools offer various programs and facilities, including luxury buildings and car pick-up service. Conversely, lots of children have to study in dilapidated school buildings and wear old clothes without shoes, particularly in remote regions.

In fact, students of alternative schools that apply international methods, who are few in number, and students of ordinary schools, who constitute a majority, have the same right to an appropriate education.

The question arises as to whether only a small group of wealthier children can be prepared to face the challenges of globalization, while the great number of poorer students have uncertain prospects.

Let us hope that schools adopting foreign systems of education can create Indonesian citizens of good morality who are concerned about the less favorable conditions of most of their peers.

NINING NURHAYATI Depok, West Java