Mayor Eri Cahyadi's Strategy To Strive For Equitable Education In Surabaya

SURABAYA - The City Government (Pemkot) of Surabaya continues to make efforts to distribute education in the City of Heroes. The municipal government has prepared various strategies in striving for this equality.

The Mayor of Surabaya, Eri Cahyadi, said that his party continues to strive for how equality between public and private schools in Kota Pahlawan can be realized. It also aims to remove the stigma of difference between public and private schools.

"We will also make these private schools better. Because education cannot be carried out by the government itself. How can the state and the private sector synergize with each other, to make our children become great people," said Eri Cahyadi at Surabaya, Thursday, April 15th.

It also refers to the Regulation of the Minister of Education and Culture (Permendikbud) No. 22 of 2016. The Permendikbud has regulated the number of study groups (rombel) in each SMP / MTs school to a maximum of 32 students with 11 classrooms.

"So (maximum) 11 classes and a maximum of 32 (students) class. Now, the rest (students) who are not accommodated (in public schools) must enter the private sector," he explained.

However, when it is accommodated in private schools and it is still insufficient, then the Surabaya City Government will take over. Therefore, gradually the need for private schools will be equalized with those of the state. Whether it is pursued through assistance from the government or CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility).

"It must be the same (public and private schools). But I hope that there will be no more schools that may be established recently but expect help from the government. So these are the old schools that I want to adopt have decreased again," said Eri Cahyadi. .

He also invited schools in Surabaya to work together to maintain the quality of their education. Both in terms of the quality of education in schools and teaching staff. So that in the future it is hoped that there will be no more differences between public and private schools.

"How can the state and the private sector be balanced, especially the quality of the teachers," he said.

In the future, school certification in Surabaya will be carried out. Whether it's certification for public and private educational institutions and their teachers.

"So that later we will certify, not only public (schools) but also private. Everything must be certified. This is what we will do with the Ministry of Education because the goal is shared (equalization)," he said.

Currently, Eri Cahyadi has instructed the Surabaya City Education Office (Dispendik) to record the number of certified schools. In fact, certification data collection was also carried out together with the teachers.

"We will do as much as possible this year or in the next year everything has been certified," said Eri Cahyadi.

His party will facilitate the certification. So, if the certification process does not pass, then it becomes the responsibility of each of these educational institutions. "At least we have done the test course. But if he does not pass, it is not (our) fault. But we have done our certification obligations for everything," he concluded.