Do you notice that more years gone by and more expensive the cost for education is? I guess we all know about it. This is just a common system that always happens year by year in most of schools and colleges in the world. But have you noticed much closer and much deeper whether the quality of the education in those schools and colleges are in balance with the money they receive? Do these education places produce qualified students to be ready for the advance technology? Or are the students to be ready for riots? Do these places just become a temporary sanctuary while the parents are out for work or the temporary shelter for the students until the bell to go home rings? Are these education centers actually oriented in quality, or money?
Ever since local autonomy in Indonesia was applied in January 1 2001, all local government offices and departments which used to be centralized in Jakarta have got platinum chance; they got freedom whatever they want to do. These places have then used their authority and power to play around the local area, to push residents in many ways, to cover their mistakes with some new policies or many uncontrollable things. And these education centers also don’t want to lose their chances. Being cut from educational department headquarters in Jakarta, they are looking for extra subventions from the customers in their places, and that is their student! Students apparently know nothing but just to give any cents the schools want. And when the students, and their parents, cannot support the school anymore, penalty comes up as a new policy with various unbelievable reasons; the student will get bad scores, will never get any good chances to progress and finally will be kicked out from the school. Ironic, isn’t it?