Education Gross Enrolment Ratio Rises

Minister of Education and Culture (Education) Anies Baswedan revealed, the Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) secondary education tend to experience enhancer. In 2015 is likely to increase to 79.02 percent from the previous year in the range 75.53 percent.

"So is the first secondary school this year reached 100.72 percent," said Anies in the official statement on Friday (17/6).

While primary school reached 108.00 percent. Anies added, when looking at the old school, the community also needs to look her age. At the age of 20 to 24 years of population groups that are in the nine-year compulsory. By age group, he said, there is a significant increase.

In addition, the percentage of literate population of Indonesia is also claimed to be on the rise. Anies Education Minister said that almost the entire population aged 15 to 24 years of literacy with a percentage of 99.7 percent. Then at the age of 25 to 44 years the percentage of literacy increased from 98.3 percent to 98.5 percent.

Furthermore, Anies expressed, the age group 45 years and above percentage literacy rate also undergo similar aksaranya. The number increased from 87.8 percent to 88.1 percent.

"In an increasing number of resident participation in education, and also an increase in the percentage of population literate, it is inseparable from the role of educators and education personnel," said Anies.

Mr. Minister, the Quality of Education in Indonesia Predicted recent

School activity. Photo: dok.JPNN
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JAKARTA - Trimming budget of the Ministry of Education and Culture (Kemendikbud) amounting to Rp 6.5 trillion, not only to protests member of the commission was.

Among education experts, too, highlighting it. Because, with the budget cuts, it will be a lot of educational programs that sacrificed alias abolished.

"I'm sad to see a reduction in the education budget. Education is very important, but strangely Mendikbudnya even relax with these budget cuts," said Indra Charismiaji, observers and practitioners of the 21st century, in Jakarta, Sunday (19/6).

He participate in criticizing the attitude of the Education Minister who considered perseverance maintaining the education budget. Even when budget cuts Kemendikbud rejected the House of Representatives Commission X, the Education Minister did not budge.

"I do not know what exactly is behind this Mendikbud attitude that accepts only big budget cut. Do, the minister did not want to bother managing major education funding and fear of its impact to the lack of absorption, or there is something else," he explained.

He predicted, with the budget cuts will have a big impact on the quality of education in Indonesia.

"My prediction is that the quality of education in Indonesia is getting worse. But hopefully my prediction is wrong," he said