Valentina Palma Sastrodihardjo is a Jakarta resident, who took it upon her to help the less fortunate kids pursue education. Valent once worked as a corporate secretary but she realized that that wasn’t what she wanted to do. So she resigned and began working as a computer teacher at Ricci Elementary School. She found joy in teaching kids and thus decided to pursue further education in teaching. [Continue reading]
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A Wake Up Call for Education Minister
NewsroomLast week, Indonesians were shocked by the revelation that several public school textbooks contain hardline religious teachings. We obtained a copy of “Pendidikan Agama Islam dan Budi Pekerti” and noticed the second paragraph of page 170 stating, “Yang boleh disembah hanyalah Allah SWT dan orang yang menyembah selain Allah Swt telah menjadi musyrik dan boleh dibunuh”, which in English means, “Only Allah SWT should be worshiped and those worshiping Allah SWT perform idolatry and can therefore be killed.” [Continue reading]
From Conventional Textbooks to Tablet?
NewsroomThe Minister of Education and Culture Anies Baswedan told the media on early January that his Ministry, in cooperation with the Ministry of Communication and Informatics (Kominfo) and PT Telekomukasi Indonesia Tbk (TLKM), would establish an integrated teaching and learning tool dubbed the electronic Sabak (e-Sabak). In Bahasa Indonesia, the word Sabak literally means a flat piece of slate used for writing—it’s basically a tablet. [Continue reading]
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