Cultural decay in schools

Cultural decay in schools

What is going to happen to this country if our teachers cannot trust principals? And what if a principal conspires with the school's management in taking bribes from parents? Where is this nation headed to if schools make fake budgets?

These questions are not hypothetical. These practices were discovered to be occurring in four public secondary schools in Jakarta, as reported by its teachers to the People's Consultative Assembly.

That's the way it is -- principals have turned into criminals. One practices corruption while the others act as manipulators. They have the same interest -- money.

Why do these things happen? Principals, of course, do not live on a deserted island. This means that what is happening to them is only the tip of the iceberg.

Based on that perspective, it seems that no public position is free from cultural decay. In this country, all of those who have public authority use their power for their own interests, fishing for as much wealth as possible.

-- Media Indonesia, Jakarta