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Culture and Elementary and Secondary Education Minister Anies Baswedan says the government is going to immediately improve teaching methods at schools to boost education quality in the country.

'€œThe problem of our education does not lie in the curriculum, but in the method of teaching. I believe that if teachers use the right methods, the materials in any subject will be delivered very well to the students,'€ Anies said in Jakarta on Thursday.

He said he would invite methodology experts to discuss with the ministry and all related stakeholders, including teachers, how to better develop teaching methods and guidelines. '€œWe have to involve the teachers in the process [of creating a new teaching method] and I want this new method to come from the experts,'€ he said,

Your comments:

Education is a basic thing in human life. Low-quality education caused by the wrong methods of teaching can influence the quality of the students.

Students with low education or young generations will bring the country to a low level of quality in the future. The government should find a way to solve this problem soon.

Bagas Farizi

I agree with Anies as hopes for the development of Indonesian education are in the potential of its teachers or teaching system.

Senja Airy

The seeds are good but they need to be fed and nurtured (by the nation, not just mummy and daddy) to turn into strong, fruit-bearing plants.

Deedee S

I think this is good progress. The government should immediately improve education, especially teaching methods.

Lailatul Bariyah

We need more good teachers. This country is lacking experienced and skilled teachers.

I support hiring experienced educators from overseas to assist in developing and training our teachers.

Bang Koja

If the system supports good teaching then the learning curve for a large group of teachers will turn upward very fast.

Please minister, help teachers, students and everybody else in Indonesia to find another Indonesian word to use for '€œlearning'€ than belajar (study).

The word is too associated with rote learning, repeating, copying and just looking busy with a textbook or exercise book sitting at a desk.

Mangu

Let'€™s admit that the new government is convinced that new approaches in teaching should be introduced and that teachers will agree and not complain about the lack of training or the lack of money.

It will be the next generation of teachers that naturally see the new methods and approaches as the ones that should be used. Only then will we start to see a change.

Two generations of teachers '€” that'€™s approximately 40 or 50 years if the government starts now and if it is successful in convincing the current teachers that they have to change their approaches.

A shorter way of achieving change might be to open international schools to Indonesian pupils and conversely to open Indonesian schools to foreign teachers.

Given the current rise in nationalism in Indonesia, I don'€™t think this will happen anytime soon.

Jan Karl