Impact of The Expense for Education in Indonesia

Education is the crucial thing for a nation. This aimed for creating the next qualified generations, and educating the next generations as well. But in fact, the education quality in Indonesia is so pathetic, based on survey in year 2005, Indonesian human resources quality was on 110^th rank of 179 nations worldwide. The problem is : (1)Government’s inconsistency policy, (2)The huge debt of Indonesia, and (3)Corruption cases. These have triggered the expensive price of education. It makes the poor society unable to access it.

Let’s take a look to the goals of education that has been stated in our constitutions. “Intelectual life of the nation by education” but several pages have recorded the failures of education system, started from the curiculum till the expense of education. Schools and Universities are getting more and more expensive. For taking one child only in qualified elementary, parents have to pay a million rupiah’s for the fees. Perhaps it doesn’t matter for people who have enough money. But what if they dont have it ? there are cheaper schools, but the facilities and its method are over under standart, so they prefer to drop out from the school. This is horrible, as many as 15 million childrean ages 7-15 had withdrawed from school caused by the expense of education.

Government has ever donated 20% of National Budget to education sector. And said that it would help poor people. But because of Indonesian debt to the world getting increased, gradually this budget being cut and cut for paying the debt. It’s reached to the level of 8,5% only. Moreover, not all of these budgets arrived to the schools properly, some of it had been taken greedily by government’s subordinates. “Corruptions” that’s we call it. The money which supposed to be donated in education sector, but it is corrupted. This is a condition when position is more important than knowledges, when the status and money are more important than integrity. So the education has lost its glorious duty.

Those reason impacting the generations who are supposed to replace the old generations right now, they cannot feel the benefit of education. They can’t read, they can’t write. They dont even have a change to extend their ability. Does the government have enough generations so they discriminate any other? Education has failed to create unique and intellegent student. “Poor people are forbidden to go to school” perhaps it is the statement which government would like to declare. This is what we called “discriminations of education towards the poor”, that really make them suffer than before.

Basically, the education is the right for every single person, So its position should have more attention from government and sector involved. They have to attend and facilitate entire citizens in indonesia to keep uphold that right. Can we imagine? With the value of government’s exiting facility and resources compared by the total number of indonesian citizen. It’s not enough !. so we as the society have responsibility to take a part. Hand in hand to get involved and participated in education system. By reducing the price of educations, whatever it takes, providing cheaper educations or even free, giving more scholarships to those who are brilliant and diligent. Improving life quality for paying those debts , definetelly, law enforcement for curruptors . All of these steps will increase the quality of this education sector.

Finally, I deliver my speech to inform you, touch your heart. Look at the condition of our friends and family. As one nation, we have to help them, make them feel the atmosphere of school. Promises of our independence are educating and prospering, these promises must be paid off to all of entire children to get education ,because they are the next generation. On their hands, saved the goals of our country’s future. developing this sector would make a better system, better life of our young generations as well.