Honorable our teacher, and my beloved brothers and sisters, First of all lets say thanks to the Almighty

Allah SWT who has given us His mercy and blessing, and also His chance so that we can attend to this place to do our activity. We also do not forget to send our great respect to our prophet Muhammad SAW, the last messenger in this world who told us the truth as our guindance in this life. My beloved brothers and sisters, Today Id like to tell you about Education because we know that education is a very important thing in our life. In this good chance, Im going to deliver my speech which has title Improving The Quality of Education in Indonesia. My beloved brothers and sisters, A country without a well structured educational system is doomed because education is the key to any form of development in a country.Education in Indonesia is primarily the responsibility of the Ministry of National Education of Indonesia. According to the Indonesian Constitution, all citizens must undertake nine years of compulsory education, six years at elementary level and three in junior high school. The constitution also notes that education in Indonesia is divided into two major parts, formal and nonformal. Since our independence in 1945, our Government has steadily made efforts to improve and expand our education system. Over the years, significant efforts have been made to develop all levels of formal education in Indonesia, from elementary to university education. The extent to which a nation has achieved success in improving its education is a barometer for measuring its development. Education in Indonesia lags far behind many other countries. The slow progress in the education sector in our country is reflected in the Human Development Index report 2007, which ranked Indonesia number 107 with a score of 0.728. The Human Development Index is an indicator that measures a nation's quality of life, access to proper education, life expectancy, living standards and the level of literacy. Education is essential to development. It opens doors to all and helps people to lift themselves out of poverty. It empowers people and is a powerful equalizer. The best and only way to produce qualified human resources is the provision of a flawless education system. Then we have to know whay the Quality of Education is. Quality education encompasses the following aspects: Schools that are in good condition, both in physical infrastructure and teaching resources A well balanced curriculum that meets the needs of the students and includes many forms of skills training, including technology Teacher-based education where the welfare and abilities of the teachers are satisfactory Education that is implemented using contextual learning that prepares children for the challenges of the future Indonesia has made significant developments in education in the last 10 years in terms of quantity. However, in terms of quality, not much advancement has been made. Educational institutions do not have consistent quality across the board. Only institutions that charge high tuition fees can provide high quality teaching and learning systems. As a result, they are able to attract only the upper class students.

Less financially viable institutions cannot compete. To improve the quality of education in Indonesia, the Government is making efforts to: Create a national movement for completion of basic education, involving communities, especially parents and community leaders, NGOs, the private and industrial sectors. Enhance and strengthen existing essential programmes for increasing school enrolment Mobilise resources for maintaining and improving the Basic Education Programme. Provide better opportunities for private schools and community-based educational institutions to participate in basic education provision. Use alternative education approaches and programmes to reach previously unreached poor and remote communities and improve equity in access to basic education. This is where the global community can be a part of our efforts. For example, many non-profit organisations from Canada like Mustard Seed Canada have been involved in providing quality education to students in Indonesia by: building and running schools for children rebuilding schools destroyed by natural disasters providing teacher-training facilities for pre-service as well as in-service programs fostering student exchange programs and study tours launching university partnership programs. There are also other communities or organisations that offer to cooperate with us, like AMINEF, etc.They serve Student Exchange, Scholarship, and many other programs. Students who have finished their study can be back to their country to build their education. My beloved brothers and sisters, Thats all my speech today, I do apologize if I made mistake in my speech. The last words that I can say to you all are : Lets keep running our works as citizen of this country. Lets improve our Education. Wassalamu alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh.

Kami terhormat guru, dan saudara-saudaraku terkasih, Pertama-tama mari kita mengucapkan terima kasih kepada Yang Mahakuasa Allah SWT yang telah memberi kita rahmat dan berkat, dan juga kesempatan-Nya sehingga kita dapat hadir ke tempat ini untuk melakukan aktivitas kita. Kami juga tidak lupa untuk mengirimkan hormat kami kepada nabi kita Muhammad SAW, utusan terakhir di dunia ini yang mengatakan kepada kami kebenaran sebagai guindance kita dalam kehidupan ini. Yang terkasih saudara-saudara, Hari ini saya ingin memberitahu Anda tentang Pendidikan karena kita tahu bahwa pendidikan adalah hal yang sangat penting dalam hidup kita. Dalam kesempatan baik, aku akan menyampaikan pidato saya yang memiliki judul "Meningkatkan Kualitas Pendidikan di Indonesia". Yang terkasih saudara-saudara, Sebuah negara tanpa sistem pendidikan yang terstruktur dengan baik ditakdirkan karena pendidikan adalah kunci untuk setiap bentuk pembangunan dalam country.Education di Indonesia adalah terutama tanggung jawab Departemen Pendidikan Nasional Indonesia. Menurut Konstitusi Indonesia, semua warga negara harus melakukan sembilan tahun pendidikan wajib, enam tahun di tingkat SD dan tiga di bangku SMP. Konstitusi juga mencatat bahwa pendidikan di Indonesia dibagi menjadi dua bagian besar, formal dan non formal. Sejak kemerdekaan kita pada tahun 1945, Pemerintah kita telah terus melakukan upaya untuk meningkatkan dan memperluas sistem pendidikan kita. Selama bertahun-tahun, upaya yang signifikan telah dilakukan untuk mengembangkan semua tingkat pendidikan formal di Indonesia, dari SD ke universitas pendidikan. Sejauh mana sebuah bangsa telah mencapai keberhasilan dalam meningkatkan pendidikan merupakan barometer untuk mengukur perkembangannya. Pendidikan di Indonesia tertinggal jauh di belakang banyak negara lain. Lambatnya kemajuan di sektor pendidikan di negara kita tercermin dalam laporan Indeks Pembangunan Manusia 2007 yang peringkat Indonesia nomor 107 dengan skor 0,728. Indeks Pembangunan Manusia merupakan indikator yang mengukur kualitas hidup bangsa, akses ke pendidikan yang layak, harapan hidup, standar hidup dan tingkat melek huruf. Pendidikan adalah penting untuk pembangunan. Ini membuka pintu untuk semua dan membantu orang untuk mengangkat diri dari kemiskinan. Ini memberdayakan orang dan merupakan "equalizer" kuat. Cara terbaik dan hanya untuk menghasilkan sumber daya manusia yang berkualitas adalah penyediaan sistem pendidikan sempurna. Kemudian kita harus tahu whay Kualitas Pendidikan. Kualitas pendidikan meliputi aspek-aspek berikut: Sekolah yang berada dalam kondisi baik, baik dalam infrastruktur fisik dan sumber daya pengajaran Sebuah kurikulum yang seimbang yang memenuhi kebutuhan siswa dan mencakup berbagai bentuk pelatihan keterampilan, termasuk teknologi Guru berbasis pendidikan di mana kesejahteraan dan kemampuan guru yang memuaskan Pendidikan yang diimplementasikan dengan menggunakan pembelajaran kontekstual yang mempersiapkan anak untuk menghadapi tantangan masa depan Indonesia telah membuat perkembangan yang signifikan dalam pendidikan di 10 tahun terakhir dalam hal kuantitas. Namun, dalam hal kualitas, tidak banyak kemajuan telah dibuat. Lembaga pendidikan

tidak memiliki kualitas yang konsisten di seluruh papan. Hanya lembaga yang memungut biaya kuliah yang tinggi dapat memberikan pengajaran berkualitas tinggi dan sistem pembelajaran. Akibatnya, mereka mampu menarik hanya siswa kelas atas. Kurang institusi finansial tidak bisa bersaing. Untuk meningkatkan kualitas pendidikan di Indonesia, Pemerintah melakukan upaya untuk: Membuat gerakan nasional untuk menyelesaikan pendidikan dasar, melibatkan masyarakat, terutama orangtua dan pemimpin masyarakat, LSM, sektor swasta dan industri. Meningkatkan dan memperkuat program penting yang ada untuk pendaftaran sekolah meningkatkan Mengerahkan sumber daya untuk mempertahankan dan meningkatkan Program Pendidikan Dasar. Memberikan kesempatan yang lebih baik untuk sekolah swasta dan masyarakat berbasis lembaga pendidikan untuk berpartisipasi dalam penyediaan pendidikan dasar. Gunakan pendekatan pendidikan alternatif dan program-program untuk mencapai masyarakat miskin dan terpencil yang sebelumnya belum terjangkau dan meningkatkan keadilan dalam akses ke pendidikan dasar. Ini adalah dimana komunitas global dapat menjadi bagian dari upaya kami. Sebagai contoh, banyak organisasi non-profit dari Kanada seperti Mustard Seed Kanada telah terlibat dalam menyediakan pendidikan yang berkualitas kepada siswa di Indonesia oleh: membangun dan menjalankan sekolah untuk anak-anak membangun kembali sekolah yang hancur oleh bencana alam menyediakan guru-fasilitas pelatihan untuk pra-pelayanan serta program-program in-service pembinaan program pertukaran siswa dan study tour meluncurkan program kemitraan universitas. Ada juga komunitas lain atau organisasi yang menawarkan untuk bekerja sama dengan kami, seperti AMINEF, etc.They melayani Pertukaran Mahasiswa, Beasiswa, dan banyak program lain. Siswa yang telah menyelesaikan studi mereka dapat kembali ke negara mereka untuk membangun pendidikan mereka. Yang terkasih saudara-saudara, Itu semua pidato saya hari ini, saya minta maaf jika saya membuat kesalahan dalam pidato saya. Katakata terakhir yang saya dapat mengatakan kepada Anda semua: Mari kita tetap berjalan bekerja kami sebagai warga negara ini. Mari kita meningkatkan Pendidikan kita. Wassalamu alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh.

Assalamualaikum Wr.Wb. Firstly, I would like to say thank you very much for the MC and juries who have given me opportunity to deliver this English speech. Ladies and Gentlemen; It is a great honor for me to stand here and give a brief speech entitled Formal Education in Indonesia Brothers and Sisters; Education system in our country is divided into two major parts, they are formal and non-formal. A formal education is divided into three levels: primary, secondary and tertiary education. While non-formal education is carried out for the learners who get difficulties to meet the requirements in formal education. An example of non-formal education is PLS (Pendidikan Luar Sekolah). Both formal and non-formal education aim at establishing the education process in our country. Ladies and Gentlemen; As I have stated previously, formal education involves three levels: primary, secondary and tertiary education. Before entering primary or elementary school, children in our country usually have attended kindergarten, or known as Taman Kanak-kanak. But this education is not compulsory for Indonesian citizens, as the aim of this is just to prepare them for primary school. 2 2009 har_ www.haarrr.wordpress.com Children ages 712 attend primary education at Elementary School or Sekolah Dasar. This level of education is compulsory for all Indonesian citizens. Similar to education systems in the U.S. and Australia, students must study for six years to complete this level. Some schools offer an accelerated learning program, where students who perform well can finish elementary school in five years. The next level is secondary education. After graduating from elementary school, students attend Middle School or Junior High School (Sekolah Menengah Pertama) for three years from the age of 13-15. After three years of schooling and graduation, students may move on to Senior High School. In Indonesia, this school is basically divided into two kinds: SMA (Sekolah Menengah Atas) and SMK (Sekolah Menengah Kejuruan). SMA is different with SMK in their studies. The students at SMA are prepared to advance to tertiary education or university, while students of SMK as a vocational school are

prepared to be ready to work after finishing their school without going to university/college. The last level of education in our country is tertiary education. Students who have graduated from senior high school may attend to university or academy. They can choose any kinds of university or academy based on their interests or scopes of knowledge, for example majoring in English, Mathematics, or teacher training university. Ladies and Gentlemen; Brothers and Sisters; I think thats all my speech. I hope my brief description on the formal education in our country will be useful for us. Finally, I would like to say sorry if there are mistakes in my speech words. Thank you very much for your attention. Wassalamualaikum Wr.Wb.