Jakarta, Dec 11 (Antara) - The government has partially stopped the
implementation of school Curriculum 2013 across the country and
re-imposed Curriculum 2006 in some schools because not all are ready to
implement it.
However, schools that implemented Curriculum 2013 over the last three semesters are allowed to continue following it.
Education
and Culture Minister Anies Rasyid Baswedan said that a total of 6,221
schools in 295 districts/municipalities in the country implemented
Curriculum 2013 for three semesters since 2013.
Only
these schools are obligated to continue implementing Curriculum 2013.
Also, the program here will be improved and developed.
"Curriculum
2013 will not be changed but will continue to be improved, developed
and implemented in schools that followed it for three semesters so far,"
Baswedan stated last Friday.
He added that besides the 6,221 schools, others that implemented
Curriculum 2013 for only one semester are obligated to return to using
Curriculum 2006 till Curriculum 2013 is improved and they are prepared
to implement it.
The minister explained that he took the decision based on facts that
most schools are not ready to implement Curriculum 2013 due to several
problems, including those related to the readiness of textbooks,
assessment system, teachers' training and mentoring, and training of
school principals.
"We stopped its implementation because of issues related to textbooks,
assessment system, teachers' mentoring, and training for school
principals, among others. In time, all schools will implement Curriculum
2013, depending on their readiness," he affirmed.
In essence, Curriculum 2013 will not be changed but only improved.
"I
emphasize that the Ministry of Education and Culture will not change
the curriculum. We just want to make improvements to what already exists
so that it can be applied by all teachers at schools," he told some 650
heads of provincial and district education services recently.
Moreover, the Indonesian Education Monitoring Network (JPPI)
appreciated the government's decision to temporarily stop the
implementation of Curriculum 2013 in schools that are not ready yet.
"As a short-term action, the decision needs to be appreciated," JPPI national coordinator Abdul Waidi said on Sunday.
Waidi added that the government's decision allowed certain schools to
continue to follow Curriculum 2013, while it barred others from the
same. The decision will, at least, reduce controversies over the
implementation of the system.
The government already recognizes the legitimacy of Curriculum 2013 as a
good one, while schools that are not ready to implement it are
considered slow in making adjustments to carry out the program.
Therefore,
Waidi sees the minister's decision as less appropriate because it lets
two such systems be implemented at the same time. He believes this will
be confusing and will not guarantee any certainty to schools as a whole.
Furthermore, the decision can be viewed as giving the impression that
the schools ready to carry it out are good schools while others are not
because they are not as prepared.
Due to their unpreparedness, these schools will be encouraged to improve to eventually implement Curriculum 2013.
However, the curriculum itself has many problems that have yet to be evaluated and improved.
The JPPI coordinator noted that Curriculum 2013 did not include any
lesson on how to deepen students' sense of love towards the state and
nation and did not make adjustments to the National Examination System
(UN).
Another
weakness of the program is its national passing grade standard
competence, which relates it with spirituality, social attitude,
knowledge, and skills.
Relating all thematic subjects to spirituality competence often causes
the ability to be immeasurable and difficult to be assessed.
Therefore, the JPPI urged Minister Baswedan to seriously evaluate
Curriculum 2013 by involving the public or gathering inputs from various
elements in society.
In
addition, legislator Teuku Riefky Harsya, the chairman of Commission X
of the House of Representatives (DPR) in charge of education affairs,
regretted the minister's decision to put Curriculum 2013 on hold.
He said that the substance of Curriculum 2013 was good for developing students' characters and competence.
"We regret the stoppage of the implementation of Curriculum 2013. It is
a hasty decision with regard to something that was done to correct
Curriculum 2006," Harsya remarked at the parliament building on Monday
(December 8).
He added that Curriculum 2013 was designed to enable students to
develop good characters and competence, which are needed in the face of
the globalized world and the ASEAN Economic Community.
However, Harsya acknowledged that Curriculum 2013 had shortcomings in
its implementation, such as those related to teachers' training,
educational infrastructure and facilities, and the assessment system,
which teachers have yet to get used to.
"A
technical problem should be overcome by a technical means, not by going
back to an outdated policy," the legislator argued.
He further stated that House Commission X will question the policy in a
hearing with the Ministry of Education and Culture in January. It will
question the minister's policy because the commission believes that
Baswedan was too hasty in making the decision.
"We acknowledge that the government has the authority with regard to
school curriculum. But as it concerns the public and has an impact on
students, the minister should have first consulted with the DPR before
taking the decision," Harsya noted.
Besides, the lawmaker is also of the opinion that the implementation of
Curriculum 2006 will revive the school book mafia. Curriculum 2013 had
stipulated that books must be free of charge and can be downloaded to
eliminate the dependence on printing.
"With the stoppage of Curriculum 2013, there is a chance that the book
mafia will reemerge, which will disturb the learning and teaching
process," he warned.
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