National education

National education

One of the objectives of education is to unite the community,
not divide it. I strongly believe that our national educational
system is striving for this absolute goal. This is due to the
fact that our country is inhabited by people from a variety of
ethnic backgrounds, each with a different culture and tradition.
Given that situation, the national education bill should not be
enacted to become national education law.

Meanwhile, the government and House of Representatives are
determined to pass the education bill, possibly for political
reasons. Or maybe because the parties concerned have been working
extremely hard to produce the bill and a lot of money has been
spent in the process.

My worry is that even if the education bill were passed, the
sharp differences between those who are for the education law and
those against it would continue to exist.

It would therefore be wise for the government and the House
not to pass the bill yet until common ground is found between
those on either side of the argument.

GST. NGR. RAI SUJAYA, Denpasar, Bali