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Class Matters January 1, 2008

Filed under: children,in class — Agastya Candrawan @ 8:25 pm

Bridging the Gap Equal Education for All

The presentation “Bridging the Gap, Equal Education for All” was an assignment I did for one of my classes. After giving more thoughts about it, I believe this is a real thing happening in Indonesia, for sure in Jakarta and something needs to be done. The gap between the rich and the poor is getting wider and sadly for the education of the less fortune children in Indonesia.

Once I worked in some international kindergartens in Jakarta. The students gets the most of education: the best facilities, teachers, curricullum, and learning experiences. I also know some national plus schools who provide the best services and just a few state schools that do. But the price to pay is way too high for most families in Indonesia.

High quality education is the right for all children particularly for those living in poverty who would greatly benefit from good education. I am greatly happy with the rapid growth of national plus and international schools in Indonesia, but wouldn’t you be happier if more children could benefit from this great opportunity?

Yes, there are many things to be done for a better education in Indonesia, although I think the government has a good start in running some programs such as free tuition, trying to raise the national budget for education, or providing internet access.

Here I proposed a proposal to bridge the gap between the best schools and state funded schools. This could be a starting step to provide the best education for all children dispite of their social economic background. Can this be done?What do you think?

 

7 Responses to “Class Matters”

  1. music Says:

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  2. thanks music!feel free to visit for updates.

  3. purple pumpkin Says:

    yes, of course it is very possible! What we need is more people like you, us, who have the consciousness and courage to make a change. That’s what I’ve been doing for almost half of my life now. Being an activist and an NGO worker, because I have a dream of equality for all human beings on the face of earth.

  4. this is also has been one of my long term goals. thanks for the support, i think it is time for us to get together and start working for a better lives for our children.

  5. this is also has been one of my long term goals. thanks for the support, i think it is time for us to get together and start working for a better lives for our children.

  6. ovaismoyo Says:

    I agree upon it 100%. Even if we search for a data (as I collected it for Jakarta’s city profile) our % of school enrolment ratio is almost 100% in elementary level -Indonesian Human Development Report 2004, Bappenas&UNDP-. Ironicaly its just data, and it is un-compareble with quality of Education it self. Fact talks more: Its not a hard thing to find children with school age is arround the street during school hours..lets do more then..Education is everyhumans’ right and so does the best quality.. caio!!

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