National education in confusion

National education in confusion

From Media Indonesia

The proposed closure of public administration colleges for
budgetary reasons is in my view due to the authorities' inability
to manage national education affairs in an effective and
efficient manner.

It seems that those appearing with the idea of eliminating
public administration colleges are confused and have no concern
over the consequences of such a measure in the future.

The study programs at the Public Service Institute (IIP) under
the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Public Administration
College (STIA) under the Institute of Public Administration are
different from the curriculums at state and private universities.

IIP and STIA students are civil servants whose competence in
public administration needs to be further enhanced, so that the
quality of the bureaucracy can be upgraded at all levels of
government agencies.

Worse still, the Ministry of National Education, in its bid to
carry out this plan, has reportedly threatened other state
institutions as well. It is strange that a public agency, while
failing to manage its own affairs, can threaten other agencies
over a questionable scheme.

PUDJOHAPSORO
Jakarta