Education Standard, Curriculum, and Assessment Agency Head at the Education, Culture, Research, and Technology Ministry Anindito Aditomo drew attention to several education-related changes within the National Education System Bill (RUU Sisdiknas).
“The first one concerns the Education National Standard (SNP). We will implement SNP in a more flexible manner to accommodate and consider the diversity between regions” he noted here, Tuesday.
“We will also simplify it, so there will not be any detailed bureaucratic and administrative constraint once it is implemented,” he remarked.
The second change within the education bill involves bolstering priority on early childhood education wherein it serves as a foundation for the next level of learning.
“Early childhood education can be regarded as the most important period in education, but to this day, it has not received proper attention,” he stated.
“One of the factors that cause this is that within RUU Sisdiknas, it has not been acknowledged as an educational stage,” he explained.
Early childhood education educators will also be acknowledged as teachers if they fulfill the conditions.
The next change within the bill occurs in higher education wherein state-run universities (PTNs) are encouraged to become legal entities (PTNBH).
Moreover, several aspects concerning state universities should be improved, such as the need for innovation in terms of quality to handle inequity.
There are concerns that turning state universities into Public Service Agency (BLU) may bring the risk of commercialization that limits education access for middle- to lower-class citizens, Aditomo remarked.
According to the ministry’s empirical study, the tuition fee for PTNBH often becomes lower as compared to other types of PTN, he remarked.
The next change in RUU Sisdiknas involves teachers, in which they become the center of attention. Specifically, the ministry will change the existing allowance provision mechanism.
The ministry seeks to have every teacher to immediately receive proper income. This currently cannot be realized, given that the regulation on teacher’s allowance is tied to certification through the Teacher Education Program (PPG).
To this end, every teacher should receive decent income first before demands are made to improve their teaching quality through several learning programs.
Source: Antara News