EDUCATION IN INDONESIA

Education is the key to improving human development. In other words, education is very important and should be prioritized in developing countries, including Indonesia. Education in Indonesia is still cause for concern, education in Indonesia is currently hardly affordable Tuition fees are expensive enough to make problems for some communities in Indonesia are less able to mengeyam education until a fairly high level. The high cost of education in some communities in Indonesia Indonesia became trapped in structural poverty. Many children from poor families (poor) who do not get the opportunity get an education, even though low quality education. Compulsory education campaign is already heralded the government since 1984 last year, with a 6-year compulsory education to nine years.

However kenyatan happens on the ground, the children were forced to drop out of school because it is not capable of in terms of funds or cost. Then, where the role of Operations Student Assistance (BOS) to help these poor children? Because in practice, there are still many costs parents to school their children.

Can Indonesia Indonesia intellectual life of the nation through education free? The answer is only in this nation's leaders to make it happen.

Since 1984 there has been compulsory education program of the government of Indonesia. For Indonesia guarantees access to basic education is already a commitment between the government and society, as contained in the 1945 Constitution states that the purpose is the nation's intellectual life. The importance of fairness in access to quality education is clarified and elaborated again in Act No. 20 of 2003 on National Education System. Judging from its development, this phenomenon can not be separated from the pros and cons. For the pros with the programs it says that it is the government's efforts to improve the quality of education and decreasing numbers of school dropouts, school free of charge to parents could reduce the burden of his mind to the issue of education costs and no longer the children who should not take the exam only because it has not paid the school fees. While the counter said the government like saviors, This is because there has been more used to doing that, namely NGOs concerned with education and treatment community can not afford. The existence of the school lacked a sense of need, awareness of the education is lacking, children are more concerned with the work of the school should not release anything. Cost of free education only up to Junior Secondary School Senior Secondary School while not. The government has also provided funds for education, called BOS (School Operational Assistance), which is derived from the compensation fund rising fuel prices (fuel oil). However, in reality after the passing of funds amounting to 6.27 trillion rupiah, there are still schools that ask for charges against the parents who in this case is quite burdensome. BOS revolving fund is also not the case with a clean, corruption still occur in its distribution to schools. Although the distribution lines have been shortened by not through many hands, but still, misappropriation of funds and corruption occurred BOS funds also occurs in schools where principals have complete control and unsupervised by the school committee there. Not only students but teachers who are affected from this free education. Most of the free school teachers have limited self-development and will eventually cause trouble motivating learners should think about "survival". Worse, if the teacher thinking: the service on a fee for learners only. If such situation, then the "far from the truth" to raise the quality of education.
Schools, especially small private school, will have difficulty closing the school operational costs, let alone the welfare of teachers. Financing such as electricity, water, maintenance of buildings, computers, stationery, transport, meal allowances, and other fees must be paid. Finding donors are increasingly difficult. Schools still survive only based spirit of service managers. Without the contribution of the learner, how the financing will close it.