Essay On Challenges Of Indonesian Education

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Indonesia’s Education Challenges

Indonesia has the fourth largest population in the world in which almost seventy percent of the population is available as workforce. Geographically, it is the largest archipelago in the world with over than seventeen thousand islands. Furthermore, Indonesia is very diverse in cultures and ethnicities, and has also an abundance of natural resources. With all of the riches, however, there are certain aspects that Indonesia has to develop, especially the education aspect. The limited access to education makes the resources that Indonesia possesses not well explored. The problems regarding Indonesia’s education is quite complex. From the outside, this might be just a minor aspect, but education is an important aspect that determines and affects the development of a country. Currently, Indonesia’s government is working to improve the literacy rate and the percentage of university degree holders in Indonesia. Several steps have been taken in order to provide an adequate education.

The current Indonesian education system consists of six years elementary school, three years junior high school, and three …show more content…

Indonesia may be able to learn from another countries which have a good education rate, in terms of how to develop its education system, and how to improve the awareness of people regarding to formal education. The task to develop the system is not only the responsibility of the government but also the Indonesian people. It requires work hard from both to change and to advance the education in Indonesia. Indonesia need to consider that education is something which is critical and crucial which takes main part to improve the quality of the people, it helps to shape professional generation with competency, as well as developing all aspects of the

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