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Anies vows to boost teacher training following curriculum's axing
Culture and Elementary and Secondary Education Minister Anies Baswedan has vowed to increase the training of teachers following his decision to scrap the 2013 national curriculum
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ulture and Elementary and Secondary Education Minister Anies Baswedan has vowed to increase the training of teachers following his decision to scrap the 2013 national curriculum.
The minister said that the training and development of teachers was the most crucial aspect of implementing a new curriculum or establishing a modified one.
He explained that training and development programs for teachers had been going well but that the effort to develop teachers had yet to reach its maximum potential.
'Teacher development is the key factor as it is the teachers who are responsible for spreading education. Books that have been already published will be placed in schools and if the development programs go well, Insyallah [God willing], they can finally be used,' Anies said on Monday, as quoted by kompas.com.
Anies had decided to scrap the unpopular 2013 curriculum and instructed schools that have not implemented it for three semesters to return to the 2006 curriculum until further notice.
Former Culture and Education Minister Muhammad Nuh had reportedly voiced his disappointment with Anies' decision as he felt that his move was a step back for Indonesian education. (dyl/nfo)(+++)
