Comparison System Education between Indonesia and Netherlands.

Hello, yo welcome back to my wordpress. My name is Ananda and today I want to give a new post about Education. Yep, interesting right?

Oke, I have read any blog and article in internet about Education System of Indonesia and Netherland, and I have make a point or summary of this post. I hope you can understand it and sorry if I make a mistake grammar, ’cause I’m still learning. Hehe.

Firstly, I want to give a summary of System Education in Indonesia. Check it out !!!

EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM in INDONESIA.

• The system is supervised by the Ministry of National Education (which is responsible for non – religious, public schools, it’s about 92 percent of total enrollment at the primary level and 44 percent at the secondary level) and the Ministry of Religious Affairs (which is responsible for religious, private, and semiprivate schools about 15 percent of total enrollment)
• There is a shortage of qualified math, science and English teachers. Only about a third of students complete high school. About half of those who finish elementary school finish middle school. And out half of those who finish middle school graduate from high school.
• Indonesian institutions of higher education offer a wide range of programs. However, about 52 percent of all non-teacher-training students enrolled in higher education were social sciences majors in the 2008–9 academic year, while only 3 percent majored in laboratory-intensive fields of study, largely because universities prefer to offer social science courses that do not require expensive laboratories and equipment. The major academic degree programs are the sarjana (literally “scholar,” roughly corresponding to a bachelor’s degree) and the pasca sarjana (master’s or doctoral degree). Professional schools offer “diploma” and “specialist” degrees, the latter graded either “SP1″ or “SP2,” depending on the level of advancement.
• Discussion about how to improve Indonesian higher education focuses on the issues of teacher salaries, laboratory and research facilities, and professors’ qualifications. Only 7 percent of university faculty overall held a Ph.D. in the mid-2000s, although the proportion was greater (11 percent) in state institutions. Because doctoral programs are few in Indonesia and there is little money to support education overseas, this situation is improving only slowly.

Oke, you got it? That’s all the summary of “Educational System in Indonesia”. Next, we move to the Educational System in Netherlands.

EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM in NETHERLANDS.

• The Netherlands is among the world’s top countries for equity in education opportunities, which means anyone can open a school based on their personal beliefs, provided they meet Dutch education system standards. Additionally, private schools following particular religious or pedagogic principles have received equal state funding as public schools since 1917. The number of privately run schools more than doubles public ones in the Netherlands.
• Many schools also combine groups one and two (age four and five). The children in this group are called kleuters, and the group is known as kleuterklas. In kleuterklas the focus is on learning through play, social skills, fine and gross motor skills, structure and gradual preparation for reading and writing. Formal reading and writing starts in group three (age six).
• Education in Holland consists of primary, secondary, and higher study levels. These levels form study routes, leading to various types of degrees. This structure is very flexible and beneficial for students as they can switch their education from one study route to another to solve possible difficulties and achieve their educational goals.
• The Netherlands became the first non-English speaking country that started to offer education for students from abroad. International schools have both Dutch and international streams of primary to secondary education, which distinguishes them from such schools in English-speaking countries where the national-based curricula is prevalent.
• In Holland, students can follow programmes based on the curricula of other countries (UK or US) or the specially developed international curricula: International Baccalaureate (IB). All programmes are internationally recognized and enable students to gain access to universities in any country in the world.
• The main school holidays in the Netherlands are set nationally with staggered start or finish times between three regions in order to spread out the holiday rush. The summer Dutch school holiday lasts for six weeks. During the school year, there is also at least one week of holiday around every six weeks of so both pupils and teachers can recharge their batteries.

Oke. I think that’s all my opinion of the Comparison of Educational System between Indonesia and Netherlands. How about you? Which better Educational System ? Indonesia or Netherlands? Give your comment in the comment box below. See you in the next post. Bye..!!!