More discussions in new curriculum
The 1994/1995 school curriculum will allow teachers and students more leeway to hold discussions to encourage them to study together, an official said yesterday.
"The change is in line with the current trend which requires that teachers organize and be involved in study groups instead of simply presenting materials," Tating Karnadinata, head of the Jakarta office of the Ministry of Education and Culture, said while opening a session to introduce the new curriculum to some 500 teachers and counseling officials.
He urged teachers and counseling officials to keep abreast with current trends to anticipate the various changes in the field of education as such changes will influence the development of students' personalities.
He reminded them of possible problems with the change, which may require teachers and counseling officials to spend more time with the students and help them develop their potentials to the fullest.
Tating also criticized them for lacking initiative in providing guidance to students in dealing with their academic and personality problems.
"You should be more active in providing the guidance, particularly to problem students," said Tating as quoted by Antara. (lem)
The girl might be killed
The father of 14-year-old Nicky Kamila, found dead on March 27, has asked the East Jakarta police to send a coroner to examine his daughter's corpse.
Purdi Zainal said yesterday that he became suspicious when he noticed black-and-blue marks on the face of his dead daughter.
According to Purdi, Nicky had been living with her mother since the couple divorced several years ago.
He alleged that one of his ex-wife's neighbors had fatally struck the teenager. (09)
UI to get new professor
H.M. Sjaifoellah Noer, 61, a senior lecturer at the School of Medicine of the University of Indonesia (UI), will be installed Saturday as professor of the university.
Sjaifoellah will deliver a lecture on the problems of chronic hepatitis and their solutions during his introduction ceremony at the auditorium of UI's old campus on Jl. Salemba Raya, Central Jakarta.
Born in Palembang, South Sumatra, in December 1932, Sjaifoellah did his advanced course work in internist gastroenterology at the University of California, United States, from 1969 to 1971.
He has written 155 articles and edited several books. He is also an editor of the Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology.
Sjaifoellah, who received the Karya Satya Lencana medal from the Ministry of Education and Culture in 1988 and the Djuned Pusponegoro Award in 1993, is the head of the Indonesian Heart Researchers and president of the ASEAN Federation of Gastroenterology.
Married to Ratu Isoldiana, this father of four children is the fifth professor to be inducted at UI's School of Medicine this year. (05)