Education system.

Indonesia has the fourth largest education system in the world yet in a landmark education report of 50 nation Indonesia ranked last. For a country that has been experiencing a stable 5 to 6 percent annual economic growth rate and is classed as a middle income country by the World Bank, it is sad that it’s education system and thus it’s youth are not benefiting.

Moreover the Indonesian education system does not encourage independent, creative thought but focuses more on learning by rote. Discipline is strict, commendation little and many students are expelled for what in the western world we would consider slight misbehavior.

The future success of communities and thus nation depends on today’s youth and the education they access. Nowhere is education more important than the world’s poorest communities.

As Bung Karno said ‘thousand of old people could only dreaming, but a young man can change the world’. And I believe for what he say, now is just a matter of time to dedicated our idea to rebuilt our nation to get the better future. With give more attention for education.

Indonesia clearly does not lack knowledge sector institutions and structures. The deficit lies in effective collaboration between stakeholders and shareholders with clear supply and demand relationships. These relationships will develop, as appreciation of capacity and awareness of needs is fostered. However, increased appreciation of capacity is dependent on quality, and so incentives to ensure quality research output is also critical.

The knowledge sector revitalisation program will function importantly to build quality of, appreciation in and collaboration between knowledge sector shareholders and stakeholders. This should result in a number of long-term research frameworks, which will synthesize multi-sourced evidence and input to ensure strong and effective development policies for the nation.