by : Ismail Azmi
Education is the most important pillars in building a national identity; to build one nation to be the greatest nation. With good and directed education, one nation could determine its own future.
Talking about the quality of human resources, education holds a very important role in the process of improving the quality of human resources. Improving the quality of education is an integrated process with the process of improving the quality of human resources itself.
The increasing of intellectual capabilities, including the mastering, application, and developing science and technology so that it could improve the quality of Indonesian human life. Furthermore, the quality of Indonesian human resources has high competitiveness in the midst of global life. Apparently that Intellectual mastery on that matters should always be balanced by the increasing in ethical and moral capabilities as well as religion as a source of ethical values and morals.
Globalization will influence every aspect in human life wherever they live. Under no circumstances they could not resist and run away, inevitably must be faced. Only an introspective nation alone could face. Education is a fortress to block the globalization. Right Management national education strategy is a way to overcome the negative impact of globalization, besides, globalization will also direct in a positive direction for the development of the nation.
Education is the essential the process in building a civilization. Therefore, education should always be based on the concept of growth, development, renewal, and continuance so national education program should be done professionally.
Realizing the importance of the process of improving the quality of human resources, then the government must continually strive to realize the mandate through a development of a higher quality education, besides the improvement of curriculum and evaluation system. But in reality the government's efforts are not enough to improve education quality.
Regarding to the education issue, our government's attention is still very low. This condition is reflected in the increasingly complex education problems. The quality of students is still low; teachers are less professional, high cost education, even chaotic Education Regulation. Many people hard to get better education. The impact of poor education, the future of our country will get declined.
However, based on my own opinion this condition is designed by the greedy global capital power that probably suppress the leader of many developing countries like Indonesia to “do” so. These greedy global capital power have interest to keep their hegemony to the many developing countries and poor countries but rich in natural resources. Poor and low educated countries have no capabilities to manage, control and process their natural resources.
Low educated people will not also be able to think clearly when they have to vote their voice in general election to elect the leader. Surely this will benefit the foreign countries – global capital power, or multinational corporation to increase their hegemony. As a result, like we always see in media, many foreign companies control our natural resource arbitrarily. Furthermore, and the most disappointed things are the many Indonesian people are just the bystander and even worst they are just slave in their own nation.