Little people's education

Little people's education

From Media Indonesia

The little people, who make up more than 50 percent of Indonesia's population, are people in the middle to lower classes.

It is a reality that Indonesia is still embroiled in a variety of problems. One of these problems lies in the educational field.

Of course, the government has tried to address the problem in the education sector. One of the efforts made is to privatize education. The question is whether or not this privatization is the right solution.

Unfortunately, to most people in the category of the little people, a dream to study at good schools or up to the highest level has remained a mere dream because the cost to enjoy education, even at state-owned educational facilities, is soaring.

The government, as the authority that must be responsible for the education of the people, must give free education to everyone so that Indonesia's rich human resources will be educated. Otherwise, education will be too expensive to most people and Indonesia will have a young but uneducated generation.

DENOK SETIAWATI Mojokerto, East Java