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Your comments on the government’s plan to scrap English lessons from the elementary school curriculum, starting next year:
Scrapping English lessons from elementary schools will make it harder for underprivileged children since they will not be able to afford private lessons.
I guess the fate of the “little people” and the efforts to empower them is not on the priority list of our government.
Indra Soebagjo
Jakarta
If the government plans to scrap English lessons from the elementary school curriculum, it’s okay. It will be less of a burden for pupils. BJ Habibie is a product of a non-English lessons elementary school in Makassar.
E Nurdin
Jakarta
The problem is that almost all students who graduate from high school don’t read, write and speak English well. What is wrong with the teaching process? Let us make a thorough evaluation before scrapping English from the curriculum of elementary schools.
Surachman
Bogor, West Java
We are moving backward if the government prohibits elementary schools from teaching English.
The minister of education should wake up, English is badly needed in our international relations: diplomacy, business, trading, etc.
Handy Torang
Jakarta
I absolutely disagree with the decision by the government.
Not all parents can afford for their children to take outside English courses, the only way to learn English is in their school.
If the government says children have to master Bahasa Indonesia first, why can’t they just add the Bahasa Indonesia hours instead of taking English out of the curriculum? Trust me, our children are suffering a setback.
Susan
Jakarta
The government is moving Indonesia backward by planning to eliminate English lessons from the elementary school curriculum.
In this era of globalization learning English has become a necessity. Knowing the importance of this language parents will start enrolling their kids in private lessons at training centers to master the international language as they feel that it will help them to adapt to this fast changing world.
Komal Sharma
Jakarta
What a miserable plan made by the ministry of education to scrap English from the new curriculum. It’s better for our children to learn English from an early age.
What the minister should do is to improve the quality of the teachers who teach English not to drop it.
Cucu Perwira
Purwakarta, West Java
This is ridiculous. Clearly, the minister does not comprehend the significance of the English language in not only communicating, but also developing the country as a whole.
I am well aware that Indonesia has experienced promising economic growth, but such a proposal would jeopardize the probability of maintaining this rate of economic growth, let alone improving it.
I believe objections will arise even from within the government. I hope so, at least.
Monica
Such idea is preposterous and is clearly a major setback, its radical effects being felt by generations to come. The minister has failed to recognize the nature of linguistic learning. Our brain is most receptive to such developments before the age of 10. This is no benign matter and experts’ intervention is urgently required.
Nabil
For kindergarten I can understand, removing it from elementary school is not a good option, English in Indonesia is of a very low standard, teaching it early helps kids to get better positions in a later stage.
Luckily we still have private schools although this is only for the people that can afford it.
I’m surprised the word haram is used by the deputy minister of education. Please wake up and join the modern world, the more I read the more Indonesia is going backward.
Peter Verduin
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