Overhaul education curriculum: VP

Overhaul education curriculum: VP

BANDAR LAMPUNG, Lampung: Vice President Hamzah Haz says the national education curriculum must be overhauled in order to meet the country's development needs.

Hamzah said the existing education curriculum did not meet the country's needs as it did not prepare students to explore and exploit available natural resources.

"The country's education curriculum must be overhauled thoroughly," the vice president said when opening the science gathering of Indonesian Mathematics and Science Students in Lampung on Wednesday.

He said the national education curriculum should be able to give economic value and added value to natural resources "so that Indonesia does not have to depend too much on foreign experts in exploiting its natural resources."

"We have abundant natural resources but are unable to exploit them," Hamzah said. -- Antara