Developing Creativity in Indonesian Elementary Schools

After the Indonesian youth unemployment rate remained high, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in Indonesia launched the "Character and Creativity Initiative" (CCI) (Indonesia stands on the GPF "Character and Creation Initiative" education initiative, 2013 raised). Initiatives were announced during the training of educators from December 9th to 12th December 2013 to demonstrate the lack of creativity and demand in the Indonesian school system. As creativity develops from a young age, Indonesian elementary schools should reform existing education systems to promote children's creativity.

Mr. Obama went to a local Indonesian language school for two years between the ages of six and ten, and Sekolah Dasar Katolik Santo Fransiskus Asisi (St. Francis of the Assisi Catholic School) and Sekolah Dasar Negeri Menteng 01 (State Elementary School Menteng 01 / Besuki Public Sc hool) for one year. Half the time, supplemented by English mother at Calvert School's home school in English. Thanks to the four years in Jakarta, he can speak Indonesian as fluently as a child. During his stay in Indonesia, Mr. Obama's stepfather taught him flexibility and tells him "a very good evaluation of how the world functions."

Deshycka grew up in a rural village in Indonesia. He graduated from elementary school with 40 students, and his junior high school rode an hour bus. According to Deshycka, most of the people he knows are not well educated. Many of his friends in his hometown have not completed high school. Bach Tong, who graduated from Bard College in 2017, grew up in Vietnam and moved to Philadelphia where he went to high school. Like Deshycka, the idea of ​​climbing a company ladder after graduation confused him. He said that leadership in high school anti-social activities formed the way for his education and career. "The organization's struggle against violence has certainly given me a new consciousness," he said. "As soon as I graduate from college, I can become part of an organization that I can learn and a larger political structure, but I do not go out and search for work or money, but create something good for society It also helps.

I think that a government decision to exclude English from an elementary school curriculum and use it as an extracurricular activity is a good decision. Most people may think that this is a decline in education in Indonesia. Because it shows that learning English is progressing towards the 21st century. But let's think about the problems that may affect the future of our children's elementary school English education now. When I was teaching at elementary school, the teachers gathered to discuss our problems and solutions often. However, there were teachers who did not learn English, and because they were forced to take English class at school, they provided teachers that are available to the students (they are not "profitable" so they are qualified to teach at elementary school It was difficult to find an English teacher). At first, this does not seem to be a problem, but let's take a closer look.