Deceitful courses

Deceitful courses

The number of English schools that provide native speakers as instructors is increasing in Jakarta and other cities. Indonesians tend to believe that the native speakers are qualified teachers and are therefore willing to pay high fees for their expertise. Many do not realize a large number of the native speakers are tourists who do not understand how to teach.

What will happen to our young people if they receive poor quality education? And what will happen to our nation if our young people, who are supposed to enhance the country's development, lose the competition to get or create jobs because of language problems? As we know, English is an international language spoken by more than 300 million people.

It is high time the Minister of Education and Culture prevented tourists from teaching English and other foreign languages.

JONGKY SURJOPRANOTO

West Jakarta