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Post Congress IGI 21-23 June, 2011, We Need To Ask...

Do We Need A New Paradigm For Teacher Training? The old Paradigm Appears To Be Failing Us, Correct? Do Our Teachers Really Need To Be Continually Spoon-Fed? Can't Indonesian Teachers Learn Independently, Why?

When Will Our Teachers Become Professionals
If We Continue To Spoon-Feed Them?

Are There Perhaps Other Strategies That Are More Effective and Efficient?

We are currently developing methodology information pages for teachers.

"Sekolah Harapan (School of Hope), Schools Free From Corruption" and a discussion about "Fighting Corruption, Develop Democracy in Our Schools". Wednesday, 9^th of February, 1pm in Building A Level III, Ministry of Education, Jakarta. Speakers : Fasli Jalal (Deputy Minister), Teten Masduki (SecGen TII), Ani Sutjipto (Fisip UI), Gino Vanollie (Kadis pendidikan Way Kanan), Ade Manadin (Principal Tegal Gede 2-Garut) : Information from Pak Edi Subkhan.

STRATEGY: Repeat an Old Program (SBM from the 1990s) that the MoE has failed dismally to implement in schools at the national level till the present, which is possibly due to the fact that "Corruption occurs at all levels including the MoE, Regional Education Offices, and Schools" (ICW) "District Education Offices have become the institutions that are most corrupt, and are the largest source of corrupt individuals compared to other institutions." (ICW: 5 Years Analysis of Eradicating Corruption in Education).

The School-Based Management (SBM) System which is Excellent, can only be implemented effectively at the national level by a Central Management (MoE) that is "Clean" and "Professional" (Main Roles being; Planning, Coordination, Diligent Monitoring, and especially Protect the Program so that Budgets do not just become the Victims of Further Corruption), which is Implemented by the Regional Education Offices that are "Clean", "Dedicated", and "Professional" (Free from Corruption and ready Mentally to Support the Schools).

How could we possibly hope to successfully implement SBM as a strategy for addressing corruption before we begin to eliminate the curruption at the MoE and the Regional Education Offices? We believe that this new project is just another indicator that the MoE is still not serious about reducing or eliminating corruption in our education sector.

From the response to my question to the panel on Wednesday which included the Deputy Minister of Education Mr. Fasli Jalal, "When are we going to begin to reduce the corruption at the Ministry of Education and the Regional Education Offices?" - which wasn't answered, I could only assume that the question couldn't be answered (or noone was willing to try to answer the question). However, this is the most important issue if the MoE is ever really serious about reducing corruption in the education sector.

We believe that this new program (that really isn't new) only appears to be yet another concept that without addressing the corruption within the MoE and the Regional Education Offices beforehand can not be perceived as a serious solution for corruption at the national level. Evenmore, if it becomes a "project" it may even open-up new opportunites for large-scale curruption if the MoE doesn't effectively monitor and manage the budget.

In Indonesia the common term for corrupt individuals is "rats" (tikus). If we only engage in activities at the "small rat" level (Schools - That are also Victims), the large rats will certainly be happy because they also know that serious corruption reduction can not be achieved at the school level without first improving management and reducing corruption at the MoE and Regional Education Offices. So the task will be endless, and the "Big Rats" will continue to remain undisturbed.

Can working at the school level possibly be effective for addressing the key issue; "District Education Offices have become the institutions that are most corrupt, and are the largest source of corrupt individuals compared to other institutions."? ICW: (5 Year Analysis of Corruption in Education)

If a school that is attempting to eliminate corruption in their school wants to resist or report corruption at the MoE or Regional Education Offices, who do they report to?

This is the main problem - Low Quality Education Management.

Phillip Rekdale (Jakarta)
P.S. When I began this network of websites (approx 150 sites) anti-corruption wasn't on my agenda. However, corruption tends to undermine whatever we attempt to achieve in the field : Article

ICT is the most "Inappropriate Technology" for Quality Public Education and Learning. ICT threatens to destroy creativity and innovation through programmed learning (e-Learning - Behaviorism) and only extends the current problems - memory-based learning with controlled outcomes (education for robots). It also suffers from extremely limited penetration (ratio of "1 computer for 2,000 studens" (1:2,000)), there is practically no infrastructure in our schools, implementation is expensive and maintenance costs are extremely high, many school budgets are insufficient to maintain the schools themselves, let alone hundreds of computers (tens of millions of computers at the national level).... Ref: "Appropriate Technology"

"Tens of thousands of schools are in poor repair and many are collapsing including 70% schools in DKI Jakarta - In Jakarta alone, 179 Schools are not Fit for Use! - Almost 80% of School Buildings in Pesawaran Need Serious Repairs, etc-etc-etc","The total number of (Primary and Junior Secondary School) classrooms that need urgent repairs has risen from 640,660 (2000-2004) to 739,741 (2004-2008) by 15,5 percent." (ICW) - The situation is becoming worse, not improving! Ref: "5 Steps To Quality Education"

One Very Significant Current Concern is that even Overseas AID Agencies are now being influenced by the Rhetorical Nonsense from ICT Consultants. Students need to learn ICT Skills for Vocational and Academic Purposes (Give Them Computers), However, Utilizing E-Learning, besides being Impracticable in Indonesia also Threatens The Quality of Education (kills self-expression, creativity, etc.). We certainly do not need E-Learning to achive the Highest Quality Learning Standards.

As our Deputy Minister for Education stated recently at the Faculty of Teacher Education and Education Science, Indonesia Catholic University Atma Jaya":

"Students are not given the freedom to express their own individual ideas and opinions so creativity is being killed." -- Fasli Jalal Ref: (see below)

AID Organizations and Agencies, because of their growing integration of ICT in their learning programs need to ask themselves, are they really prioritizing Education Development, or through their Support for Programmed Learning only just being utilized by the ICT and other industries to Develop "Consuming Robots" to ensure the futures of Business and Corporate Interests? "Our Market Regime and Public Education"

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Some Recent News Issues
Budget Increases, The MOE Working Together With Supervising Organizations
(Secretary General MOE Dodi Nandika)

JAKARTA--MI: (In brief) Because the budget for education has been raised to 20 percent or Rp224 Trillion in the new APBN for 2009, it needs extra supervision of the management and education implementation.

In order to achieve this, the MOE (Depdiknas) plan to hire supervising staff from the Finance Supervision and Development Board (BPKP), higher education (PT), and the Commission for Eradicating Corruption (KPK), Friday (12/9).

This is the news we have been waiting for!

Hopefully the supervising staff that they are going to hire will be honest, professional, diligent, and ready to work hard!

The supervisors will need to examine all receipts, the actual duration of field activities, and frequently go into the field to check the products and their quality for all expenditure. This is not something that can be done in the office! They will need to check with recipiants in the field as well as with suppliers.

Remember!!! "Corruption occurs at all levels from the MOE (Depdiknas), education offices, and schools"

"We Must Improve Teaching & Learning Activities"
(Phillip Rekdale)

"We believe that improving the quality of Teaching and Learning Activities (TLA) is the most important issue related to achieving quality education in Indonesia. However, before we discuss specific TLA issues we need to discuss some general issues and define some specific issues that determine the quality of education."

"At the Senior High School lever (SMU/A/K) we can still see many learning activities in the schools that are not yet Student Centered. Maybe because there are still many teachers that aren't familiar with the process, or as we sometimes hear, the teachers are still doubtful that they can finish the curriculum on time using PAKEM methodology. However, by utilizing the PAKEM L/T process the students can learn very quickly and enjoy the learning experience while gaining other forms of learning i.e. life skills, self-mangement, independence, research, etc, while they are learning the main or primary topic."

"It's in Higher Education where we can witness teaching and learning practices in most classes that are very passive. The learning process is usually very 'lecturer centered' with the students tending to "sit sweetly", and they are rarely involved actively in the learning process."

Complete article: Here

President: Don't Let There Be Any Schools In Poor Codition
(President RI)

JAKARTA--MI: (In Brief) President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono asked the MOE and district heads not to allow any school buildings to be in poor condition in context with the new 20 percent APBN 2009 education budget."

To the Govenors, District Heads (Bupati) and Mayors (Walikota) I ask that you no longer have any schools that are in a pitiful state of repair. The president, when opening the Astronomy and Astrophysics Olimpiade at the National Palace, said that he will check the situation in the districts Wednesday (20/8).

You won't need to go very far Mr President......... 70 Percent Of School Buildings in DKI (Jakarta) Are In Bad Repair

JAKARTA--MI: About 70% of Primary and Junior Secondary buildings (SD-SMP) in DKI Jakarta are damaged. In order to repair them, the Provincial Government (Pemprov) DKI must ask for assistance from the central government.

If 70% of schools in Jakarta are in poor repair, what is the situation like in the outer districts???

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