Jakarta, NU Online
Despite being introduced more than three years ago, the teacher certification program continues to draw criticism, with questions being raised about how effective it really has been for improving education nationwide.
Arief Rachman, an education expert from the Jakarta State University, told The Jakarta Post on Monday that the government needed to show how the program had strengthened the quality of Indonesia’s teachers.<>
“The certification program should not just focus on collecting portfolios, documents and data, but should really be looking at how competent teachers really are,” he said.
The program first kicked off in 2006 with the intention of bringing the country’s 2.7 million state and private school teachers to a certain level of certification by 2015. The criteria — that all teachers obtain either a bachelor or four-year diploma degree in order to qualify — has come under heavy fire, with statistics showing that nearly 60 percent of the teaching staff in Indonesia lack this one requirement.
Siswoyo, head of planning at the National Education Ministry’s directorate general for the improvement of teachers and educational personnel, said the ministry had certified nearly 355,000 teachers, with another 180,000 still being processed.
Teachers who gain certification are entitled to certain benefits, including a monthly allowance. The government hoped this incentive would encourage teachers to gain these qualifications, and in turn improve the education system nationally.
Chairman of the Indonesian Teachers Union (PGRI), Sulistiyo, told the Post there were no guarantees the program could immediately boost the quality of teaching.
“It’s a process in itself. We do hope that through the program, teachers will improve [over time],” he said.
“The program should be run in conjunction with other initiatives to strive for better teachers.”
Arief said the program itself did not offer great insight into the quality of an individual teacher or their ability manage a class.
“That is the duty of the principals. They should be supervising their teachers and report the results to the education agencies,” he said.
The certification process itself, Sulistiyo said, was faulty and teachers were still being treated unfairly three years on.
“Some teachers had to pay operational costs to get their documents processed while others claimed the assessment was not transparent. Some said the results came out too late. Overall it shows the government does not have the capacity to protect teachers’ welfare,” he said.
“Some teachers awaiting their certification have been forced to pay illegal fees when receiving their monthly allowance.”
He said the ministry was planning on shifting the responsibility for paying those allowances for public school teachers to the regency administration by 2010, which may eliminate some of the
problems. (dar)
Despite being introduced more than three years ago, the teacher certification program continues to draw criticism, with questions being raised about how effective it really has been for improving education nationwide.
Arief Rachman, an education expert from the Jakarta State University, told The Jakarta Post on Monday that the government needed to show how the program had strengthened the quality of Indonesia’s teachers.<>
“The certification program should not just focus on collecting portfolios, documents and data, but should really be looking at how competent teachers really are,” he said.
The program first kicked off in 2006 with the intention of bringing the country’s 2.7 million state and private school teachers to a certain level of certification by 2015. The criteria — that all teachers obtain either a bachelor or four-year diploma degree in order to qualify — has come under heavy fire, with statistics showing that nearly 60 percent of the teaching staff in Indonesia lack this one requirement.
Siswoyo, head of planning at the National Education Ministry’s directorate general for the improvement of teachers and educational personnel, said the ministry had certified nearly 355,000 teachers, with another 180,000 still being processed.
Teachers who gain certification are entitled to certain benefits, including a monthly allowance. The government hoped this incentive would encourage teachers to gain these qualifications, and in turn improve the education system nationally.
Chairman of the Indonesian Teachers Union (PGRI), Sulistiyo, told the Post there were no guarantees the program could immediately boost the quality of teaching.
“It’s a process in itself. We do hope that through the program, teachers will improve [over time],” he said.
“The program should be run in conjunction with other initiatives to strive for better teachers.”
Arief said the program itself did not offer great insight into the quality of an individual teacher or their ability manage a class.
“That is the duty of the principals. They should be supervising their teachers and report the results to the education agencies,” he said.
The certification process itself, Sulistiyo said, was faulty and teachers were still being treated unfairly three years on.
“Some teachers had to pay operational costs to get their documents processed while others claimed the assessment was not transparent. Some said the results came out too late. Overall it shows the government does not have the capacity to protect teachers’ welfare,” he said.
“Some teachers awaiting their certification have been forced to pay illegal fees when receiving their monthly allowance.”
He said the ministry was planning on shifting the responsibility for paying those allowances for public school teachers to the regency administration by 2010, which may eliminate some of the
problems. (dar)
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