Officials urged to inspect their schools

Officials urged to inspect their schools

JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Education and Culture Wardiman
Djojonegoro has urged all high-ranking officials of the ministry
to conduct on-the-spot observations of educational development in
the country.

Wardiman said recently that top officials need to closely
observe educational development for several days by visiting
schools.

Speaking at a get-together with model teachers and students at
his ministry, the minister said that officials of the first,
second and third echelons should be aware of the problems which
occur in schools.

He said that they should get directly involved in educational
programs for at least two hours a day at any given school.

"This way the officials will have first-hand information on
education and will not just depend on reports from their
subordinates," Wardiman said.

"If the officers are not involved directly in education
activities they will only depend on reports from their
subordinates, which may not be reliable," he added.

He said that at the institutions the officials can do the jobs
of administrative employees or even sit as students.

Citing an example, Wardiman said that the director of basic
education of the ministry could observe classes at a primary
school or kindergarten and the director of high school education
could sit in for a day at some junior or senior high schools.
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