teachers are crucial to bring out the potential of their students, but many in Indonesia lack academic skills. education consultant Provisi Education works with non-profit organizations (NGOs), social responsibility (CSR) programs of businesses and the local government to solve this problem and help revive the education system in Indonesia.
In 2002, Juli Adrian and four of his friends, decided to build a board of education that would help schools improve their programs. When they first started, Provisi Education visited schools and offered development programs designed to help teachers educate students better.
But after four years of operation, Provisi Education realized that the schools they worked with, who were mostly private, are not those who actually need help the most.
Adrian found that there were more schools in Indonesia that has no access to the kind of training that Provisi Education provided. In 2006, the educational advisor redesigned their module system and moved their target customers to NGOs, CSR programs and local government.
Therefore, the respective customers of the company are different interests depending on their needs. Mining companies, for example, tend to focus on improving the capacity of local actors, while consumption or retail trade, such as banking or companies prefer to focus on mobilizing and scope of the area where the project would be conducted. NGOs, on the other hand, regard their mission as the most important aspect of a project, while the local government normally seeks to build local capacity.
Although Provisi Education manages to meet the needs of different customers, Adrian ensures it does not go without a mission of its own, which is "to contribute significantly to improving the quality of education in Indonesia. " Apparently this was the goal from the beginning.
One of the reasons that motivated Provisi Education to rethink his plans at the time was the conclusion of a striking contrast between teachers in schools with international standards and local schools in rural areas.
The company found that, compared to teachers found in rural areas, those international standard schools had better academic skills and teaching methods.
Teacher training | Photo courtesy Provisi Education
The quality of teachers is considered one of the most common problems that Indonesia faces in education and it is not only because of teaching skills . Adrian believes that culture also contributes to the low quality of teachers in this country, which is even more enhanced by the inconsistency of the government in the implementation of educational policies.
"We have a lot of regulations that are related to education. We have the certification of teachers, national standards and programs. But I think the government does not provide a blueprint for cover 20 coming years as it keeps changing every time. "
frequent changes of government appear to reflect the recent introduction of another strategy known as the" 4C ". In early February, the Ministry of Culture and primary and secondary education promoted four principles :. Creativity, critical thinking, communication and collaboration, which should be considered as fundamental values in schools throughout the country
Aiming to follow the progress of education systems, Minister Anies Baswedan demand teachers in Indonesia to adjust their techniques. "Teachers need to change. Teachers must be creative. If teachers are not creative, it would be difficult for students to be creative. Similarly, if the teacher's lack of communication then it would be difficult for students communicate. "
Although the government is doing what they can to refine the quality of education and teachers, the founders of Provisi education still feel that it is also their responsibility to take care of. And how the skills taught in schools contributes greatly to the future of students in professional circles, they note that many new graduates are not ready to enter the labor industry due to their inability to meet standards required.
"The industry never asks what you've learned. What they need are team building skills, problem solving and creativity. And these qualities are not routinely taught in schools, "says Adrian.
With over 40 customers to date, Provisi Education worked to help resolve these issues through several projects taking place in 19 provinces throughout Indonesia. Today, they work on different types of programs in East Halmahera, Jambi, Batam, and Papua.
These programs involve education profiling, which is included in their strategic CSR program design; School Development Program, Environmental School, the development program of literacy, teachers and skills improvement program; and monitoring and evaluation, which are included in the post-program activities.
The learning students | Photo courtesy Provisi Education
Indonesia's 212,000 schools, 3 million teachers and more than 500 districts Provisi Education hopes to continue their work to make a change. "I hope that in the future we can provide useful materials for teachers so they can better teach and students can benefit more," says Adrian.
When asked what the value of education means to him personally, Adrian immediately thought of his teachers and the people that guided in the past. "I think I can be where I am now because I met a lot of great masters in my life, "Adrian said.
He added: "I hope that one way or another, we can also be a source of inspiration for students and teachers and schools that we work."
as a student myself, I hope we can all learn from Provisi Education and understand the importance of having great teachers in our lives. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the teachers inspiring for their commitment and dedication to education.
for more information please visit the website of Provisi education www.provisieducation .com