Klojen (malangkota.go.id) – The 2017 National Education Day Commemoration Ceremony was held in the front yard of Malang City Hall, Tuesday (2/5). Malang Mayor H. Moch. Anton acted as the ceremony inspector. In the speech of the Indonesian Minister of Education and Culture read by the Mayor of Malang, it was conveyed that the commemoration of National Education Day cannot be separated from the figure of Ki Hadjar Dewantara.
Some of Ki Hadjar Dewantara's views include Panca Dharma, namely that education needs to be based on five principles, namely freedom, nature, culture, nationality, and humanity. The second Kon-3 is that the implementation of education must be based on the principles of continuity, convergence, and concentricity, in the sense that the education process needs to be sustainable, integrated, and rooted in the earth where the education process takes place.
Third, the Tri-Center of Education, that education should take place in three environments that we know as the tri-center, namely the family, school and community environments which are symbiotically related and cannot be separated from each other.
The ideas and educational principles of Ki Hadjar Dewantara above are the basis for the vision of President Joko Widodo in the field of education. In the President's vision, the future of Indonesia is very much determined by the current generation of students who have strong character or morals, and master various fields of life skills, vocations and professions of the 21st century.
In order to realize this vision, the Government is preparing to carry out national education reform, both at the conceptual and managerial levels. At the conceptual level, efforts are currently being made to make character the foundation and spirit of national education. Therefore, character formation must begin and become a priority at the elementary education level. (basic education).
Then for further education levels must be conducive for students to actualize their potential as much as possible. Which allows students to equip themselves with highly competitive skills and expertise needed by the 21st century world. Because only with a strong character and highly competitive abilities will today's students be able to bring the Indonesian nation to stand tall among other advanced nations in the future.
The Mayor of Malang, who is familiarly called Abah Anton, said that through the 2017 National Education Day Commemoration which took the theme of Accelerating Equal and Quality Education, it is hoped that it can continue to support the success of education development in Malang City. "As a City of Education, Malang will continue to build educational facilities and infrastructure in order to equalize education throughout the region, while also improving the quality of existing education," he explained.
The theme of National Education Day this time is closely related to the phenomenon of a world that is changing very quickly and demands higher quality. For that reason, it is necessary to absorb and reflect on the theme, then realize it together. That way, all levels of society will be able to access quality education services.
With equal quality education, meaning that it can be enjoyed by all citizens, then the effort to educate the nation's life as mandated by the 1945 Constitution can be realized. On that occasion, awards were also given to outstanding students and educators in Malang City. (say/yon)
