Criticism Of The Gonta-Replaced Education Curriculum Government, Anies: Can't Get Significant Progress

Presidential Candidate Anies Baswedan/DOK AMIN National Team

JAKARTA - Presidential candidate number 1, Aniea Baswedan, criticized changes to the education curriculum that the government has done several times so far. According to Anies, the changes in the curriculum that are applied every few years do not make progress in the education sector effectively.

"If we continue to change later, the consequences will not be significant progress," said Anies during a dialogue at the Ar-Risalah Lubuklinggau Modern Islamic Boarding School, South Sumatra, Monday, December 18.

In fact, according to the former Minister of Education and Culture, the essence of educational progress is not based on curriculum change, but rather an increase in the competence of teachers and school principals in each education unit.

"If later it keeps changing, the consequence is that we will not get (the essence). Therefore, I see the key to improving education, not changing the curriculum, but increasing the competence of teachers and school principals," explained Anies.

On the other hand, Anies also promised to evaluate equality between educational units starting from public and private schools, as well as public schools and Islamic boarding schools, when elected President in 2024.

"Regarding equality, this must be a comprehensive review, there is a lot of inequality that I conveyed earlier. Countries, public and pesantren. We review these inequality, so there is equality. That way, parents send their children to private, public schools, get education equality. Those who send to public schools or pesantren get education equality," he explained.

For information, the government has changed the education curriculum in Indonesia several times with the aim of adjusting the times, the needs of the world of work, to global standards.

The first curriculum was made in 1947, then replaced again in 1952, 1964, 1968, 1975, 1984, 1994, and 1999.

The education curriculum was changed again under the name Competency-Based Curriculum (KBK) in 2004, again changed to the 2006 Education Unit Level Curriculum (KTSP), the 2013 Curriculum (K-13), and the Curriculum.