Minister Of Education And Culture Anies Baswedan Urges Parents Between Children To First Day Of School In Memory Of Today, July 11, 2016

Anies Baswedan, who was Minister of Education and Culture from the 2014-2016 era. (ANTARA)

JAKARTA Memories of today, eight years ago, July 11, 2016, the Minister of Education and Culture (Mendikbud), Anies Baswedan appealed to parents between children on the first day of school. He also issued a circular urging regional heads to support the campaign.

This effort is to build communication between the school and parents. Previously, communication between the school and parents was deemed insufficient. Parents only entrust their children to school. However, they never met the teaching staff.

The involvement of parents in the world of learning children is not much. Parents often become friends for children to study at home. This condition is because many parents believe that they have entrusted all of their children's education in school. They do not understand the development of school children.

Parents only know to entrust children to school in a third of their time. This phenomenon is in fact the focus of the Minister of Education and Culture, Anies Baswedan. He assessed that the presence of parents strengthens and supports school children in an important sense.

The support is not only in the form of verbal, but also an action. According to him, the most important action is to move to take the school children first on the first day of school. The presence of parents taking children will certainly be the most memorable thing.

Children can be more confident when their parents come to see the atmosphere and the classroom environment firsthand. However, dropping off what Anies meant was not just delivering in front of the gate and continuing to leave.

Parents are required to get closer and interact with teachers, principals, and homeroom teachers. This effort is to find out the extent to which children develop. This control can make parents more flexible in guiding or directing their children's talents outside their school environment.

This process is rarely seen by Anies lately. Parents only seem to deliver and fully entrust to the school. This condition makes the absence of interaction between schools and parents. In fact, it is quite important and has a big influence on children's lives.

"Parents and schools are both educational institutions. This partnership must be strong. The first day was the beginning of a long journey, both elementary, junior high, high school, vocational for children. Because one-third of a day children are in school. "So it's not releasing at the gate. But we want them to interact with teachers, principals, principals.

"For teachers, we want them to welcome parents. Acquaintance. Request information contact. Explain the plan for learning in the future. Ask for input and ask to explain things that must be considered for the mother and father's children. The first day is an important moment for these two institutions to interact. Of course, it will be a memorable experience for the child. Let's make a memorable experience for our children. Deliver it to school, "explained Anies as quoted on Detik.com page, July 11, 2016.

Anies also did not want his wish to urge parents to take their children to school, it was only a discourse. He also issued a circular numbered 4 of 2016 which was signed on July 11, 2016. The letter contained an appeal to regional leaders to make the parents' campaign successful to take their children on the first day of school.

Anies hopes that regional heads Governor and Regent will immediately support and allow state civil servants to take their children before working. The rest, regional heads are asked to immediately urge their staff to share information regarding the importance of taking children to school.

On Monday, July 18, 2016, most schools in Indonesia will start the new 2016-2017 school year. To encourage the growth of a more positive and pleasant learning climate, the Ministry of Education and Culture sees the need for a campaign for the First Day of School which invites parents to take their children on the first day.

The first day of school is also an opportunity to encourage interaction between parents and teachers at school to establish a joint commitment in guarding children's education for the next year. This campaign also aims to increase public concern and attendance in the implementation of education in schools, "the contents of the circular letter of the Ministry of Education and Culture.