Author: I Putu Wirya Suta
Politic and
education are two aspects that relate to each other. They cannot be separated
in developing the country. There would be no education if politics did not
exist for it plays important role in supporting educational facilities such as
infrastructures and human resources development. Vice versa, politics is no
more able to run the policy if education is not available to provide the human
resources. The educational institution also takes part in forming a good
attitude of the politic. Meanwhile, the political process will give a huge
impact on the educational characteristics of a country. The social and
political powers that influence the educational system in my country of
Indonesia are government, political parties, and private sectors.
The government as the main power of a country has the role in regulating the
policies including those of the educational system of the country. Subsidizing
the educational sector as one of the government's policies is hoped to be able
to increase the quality of education. For example, the government of Indonesia
has ruled to provide 20 percent of the state budget for the national education
implementation including teachers’ resources improvement. Another role of
government in the effort of getting the educational quality increased is
facilitating related training to the stakeholders such as teacher training,
etc. The latest curriculum of the educational program of Indonesia, which is
The Motivator School Program, is launched to create a qualified society with
noble character, starting from the quality of the teachers and the principals.
Consequently, at the beginning of the program, the government distributed a
huge amount of educational budget in encouraging the principals and teachers to
involve in training provided by the government. Schools are also supported to
hold internal training for teachers and other schools’ staff.
Political parties, as the other force of forming the educational system in
Indonesia, seem to be integrated with the government’s role. The function of
the political parties in Indonesia is to conduct political education to the people
of Indonesia to construct a democratic society.
“In-Law number 2 of 2011 in Chapter I concerning General Provisions, Article 1,
paragraph 4 and Chapter II concerning Formation of Political Parties, article 2
paragraph 4 point h, and is strengthened in Chapter V concerning Purpose and
Function, article 11 paragraph 1 part a which reads Political parties function
as a means of political education for members and the wider community to become
Indonesian citizens who are aware of their rights and obligations in the life
of society, nation and state” (Firmansyah, 2007, stated by Akmal, et.al., 2019,
p. 733).
Moreover, Akmal et.al., (2009, p. 735), however, found out in the research that
the role of political parties in carrying out political education is still low
since it is only conducted during the campaign and recess period. This means
that the people of Indonesia as the voters of the political parties during the
election need to be proactive in promoting and pushing the political parties to
undertake their role as it is mandated in the government act.
Only a few parties have conducted their educational role such as Indonesian
Democratic Party (PDIP), Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI), Welfare Justice
Party (PKS), Golkar Party, etc. Indonesian Democratic Party of Semarang City
carried out briefing and political education to the cadres of the Juang
Community in 2020. The participants were taught about the requirements to be a
nation's leader in order to have principles, be loyal to the nation's ideology,
be strong in building political ideals, and have responsibility for the
nation's future (Derap Juang, 2020, para. 2). Meanwhile, the Indonesian
Solidarity Party runs its role of introducing political education to society by
displaying billboard advertisements in some areas around the country. The
general secretary of the Indonesian Solidarity Party, Raja Juli Antoni said
that the billboard advertisement was part of the party’s efforts to carry out
the function of political parties in providing political education to the
public.
Accelerating the quality of education has not only to be the government and the
political parties’ role but also to be part of the private sector’s
participation. Several actions can be taken by the private sectors such as
providing scholarships to Indonesian students, donating educational supplies to
schools, building free-tuition schools, etc. Cargill, for instance, cooperates
with the Institute of International Education (IIE) provides scholarships
through the Cargill Global Scholars program for outstanding students to build
the foundation for future leaders. Indonesia is one of the countries included
in the program. Global scholars program has been awarded to students of Bogor
Agricultural Institute (IPB), Gajah Mada University (UGM), Hasanudin University
of Makassar, and State University of Solo (UNS) (Majalah CSR, 2018, para. 2).
References
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Derap Juang. (2020, July 29). PDI Perjuangan Kota Semarang Berikan Pembekalan dan Pendidikan Politik Kepada Kader Komunitas Juang. Retrieved from https://derapjuang.id/featured/pdi-perjuangan-kota-semarang-berikan-pembekalan-dan-pendidikan-politik-kepada-kader-komunitas-juang/
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