Last Saturday was my first chance to be a conductor on BZ Discussion. I formatted the discussion in form of group presentations. The theme was Transportation and Education in Indonesia. The presentation had to follow the certain scope that was Introduction, Problem formulations, solutions, and Conclusion. The determined scope was aimed to limit their discussion for the general theme given. Then the appraisal was derived from the compatibility between problem and solutions, the reasonability/applicability of the solutions and the team work.
Firstly, I divided the participants into groups, comprising of 4-5 persons and gave them 15 minutes to discuss. After that they presented the result before other groups, then they had to answer the questions or criticism given by other groups which has the same topic as them and the questions or criticism from our Judges (they were Ridwan and Ali).
We got many enlighment about those two major problems which has been lasting for decades in our country. And from the discussion we got various solutions - in our version ;). For education themes, the major attention was in the rotten government institution that cut off the education budget which gives bad impact to facilities and Teachers’ salary, unstable curriculum, poor management and system, unqualified teachers, and such, and such. So the solutions were there must be clean government to realize 20% or more of State Budget for education, having stable and appropriate curriculum, improving system and management, creating much more qualified teacher through trainings, workshop, etc. In the field of transportation, most was only focus on Roadways especially in Jakarta; where the major problem is traffic gridlock. They also offered various solutions such as the limitation of Private vehicles, lengthen the aging of Vehicles, and the implementation of 10 in 1 regulation for cars, as the substitute to 3 in 1 regulation implemented nowadays. The latter was the most debatable issue from Yosi’s group, but finally got support from one of our Judges – Mr. Ridwan ;)
It was interesting and alive discussion, coz all participants had chances to speak up and exercised their idea. They could question and criticize other groups’ Idea. Besides this we had insightful and ‘charming’ judges to make the discussion running livelier. And we also had an American native speaker - Merry, who gave us one some brainstorming about education system in her ‘American mindset’.
In the end of the discussion the Judges chose the best group base on their field of discussion. In Education theme Ali decided to choose Merry’s Group as the best group, and for transportation theme Ridwan decided to choose Yosi’s Group.
Anyway, it’s really great chance for me and I am thankful for Vemy, Ridwan, Ali and all participants who enthusiastically helped and followed the discussion. ;)
GROUP PRESENTATION
[Britzone Discussion, on 15th Nov’08]
Firstly, I divided the participants into groups, comprising of 4-5 persons and gave them 15 minutes to discuss. After that they presented the result before other groups, then they had to answer the questions or criticism given by other groups which has the same topic as them and the questions or criticism from our Judges (they were Ridwan and Ali).
We got many enlighment about those two major problems which has been lasting for decades in our country. And from the discussion we got various solutions - in our version ;). For education themes, the major attention was in the rotten government institution that cut off the education budget which gives bad impact to facilities and Teachers’ salary, unstable curriculum, poor management and system, unqualified teachers, and such, and such. So the solutions were there must be clean government to realize 20% or more of State Budget for education, having stable and appropriate curriculum, improving system and management, creating much more qualified teacher through trainings, workshop, etc. In the field of transportation, most was only focus on Roadways especially in Jakarta; where the major problem is traffic gridlock. They also offered various solutions such as the limitation of Private vehicles, lengthen the aging of Vehicles, and the implementation of 10 in 1 regulation for cars, as the substitute to 3 in 1 regulation implemented nowadays. The latter was the most debatable issue from Yosi’s group, but finally got support from one of our Judges – Mr. Ridwan ;)
It was interesting and alive discussion, coz all participants had chances to speak up and exercised their idea. They could question and criticize other groups’ Idea. Besides this we had insightful and ‘charming’ judges to make the discussion running livelier. And we also had an American native speaker - Merry, who gave us one some brainstorming about education system in her ‘American mindset’.
In the end of the discussion the Judges chose the best group base on their field of discussion. In Education theme Ali decided to choose Merry’s Group as the best group, and for transportation theme Ridwan decided to choose Yosi’s Group.
Anyway, it’s really great chance for me and I am thankful for Vemy, Ridwan, Ali and all participants who enthusiastically helped and followed the discussion. ;)
GROUP PRESENTATION
[Britzone Discussion, on 15th Nov’08]
Theme : Transportation and Education in Indonesia (Chose one of them)
Groups : Comprising of 3-4 Person
Scope of Presentation : Introduction, Problem Formulations, Solutions, Conclusions
Appraisal : Compatibility between problems and solutions, reasonability/applicability and team work
BRIEF INFORMATION
Education in Indonesia
Education in Indonesia is the responsibility of the Ministry of National Education of Indonesia (Departemen Pendidikan Nasional Republik Indonesia/Depdiknas). In Indonesia, every citizen has to have nine years of education, six years at elementary level and three in middle school.
Law No. 20/2003
Based on the correct constitution, education is defined as a planned effort to establish a study environment and education process so that the student may actively develop his/her own potential to gain the religious and spiritual level, consciousness, personality, intelligence, behaviour and creativity to him/herself, other citizens and for the nation. The constitution also noted that education in Indonesia is divided into two major parts, formal and non-formal. A formal education is divided again into three levels, primary, secondary and tertiary education.
Current structure: Primary Education (Kindergarten), Elementary School, Middle School (SMP), High School (SMA/SMU/SMK), Tertiary education (College/University) (Source: http://www.wikipedia.com/)
Education in Indonesia faces many problems that make it left behind compared to other country.
Some facts about Educations in Indonesia
1. high number of Illiteracy in Indonesia:
2. high number of unschooled children
3. poor quality of Education
4. Poor quality of Human Resources
Transportation in Indonesia
Indonesia is a fairly large country consisting mainly of islands. The archipelagic nature of the country plays an important role in designing the transportation system of the country.
The major form of Indonesia transportation is roadways with a total length of 370,500 kilometer (in 2003) and growing. Most of the important cities are connected by bus services through roadways. There are direct and regular bus services between major cities like Java, Sumatra and Bali with no stops in-between. The remote areas are served by mini buses or vans. Buses and vans also form the primary transport of cities.
Taxis, auto rickshaws (Bajaj) or cycle rickshaws also serve as alternate transports. The cycle rickshaws called becak by the people act as a convenient and cheap form of Indonesia transportation. Being blamed for causing traffic congestion, the becak is banned in most parts of central Jakarta.
Alongside the paved roadways, Indonesia also has a large part of its roads unpaved. There are various toll roads, most expensive of them being Cipularang Toll road, connecting Jakarta and Bandung.
The railways mainly provide transportation for long distance traffic or bulk commodities. There are 4 unconnected networks of the railway system in Java and Sumatra. Two major rail lines running the entire length of Java constitute the most railways in the country. A commuter rail service also runs in Jakarta metropolitan area.
Sea transports are important for trade and transportation alike. Each Indonesian island has at least one major port city. Boats here range from large maritime vessels to small motorized transports. Long distance ferry services connect to distant Indonesian islands or neighboring nations. Many of the islands lack roads and river or sea transportation. (source: form Website)
Airways provide the fastest transportation among the others. Domestic airlines connect many of the cities having airports.
Some Facts about Indonesian Transportations:
1. The high number of Airplane Accidents have made EU, forbid Indonesian Airplane to fly in the EU Air Territory (plane go missing, crash into the sea or mountains, or burst into flames on landing)
2. Poor management of Railway has caused number of Train accidents (Train Crashes, Trains jump its track, etc )
3. Poor management of road Transportation has made great number of Accidents, severe traffic jam, congestion (especially in the down town Area), the overcrowding.
4. Poor Management in Waterways has caused many Sea Accidents (Ships or Boats sink or burst into flames)
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