LEARNING FOR WORK AND LEARNING FOR WORK AND LIFELIFE

YOUTH DIALOGUE SERIES YOUTH DIALOGUE SERIES (YDS) MARCH 26, 2007(YDS) MARCH 26, 2007

BACKGROUNDBACKGROUND

Today we have to get used to rapid Today we have to get used to rapid changes related to globalization era changes related to globalization era and future development. Youth of and future development. Youth of

Indonesia has the most challenging Indonesia has the most challenging future to create a better life for future to create a better life for

theirselves. How can we overcome theirselves. How can we overcome this problem?this problem?

EDUCATIONEDUCATION

PROBLEMSPROBLEMS

• Poverty (poor people can’t afford the Poverty (poor people can’t afford the cost for school and they need their cost for school and they need their children helping them survive for children helping them survive for lives—earn money to eat) lives—earn money to eat) – Unable to schoolUnable to school– Mindset: MONEY is everythingMindset: MONEY is everything

PROBLEMSPROBLEMS

• Inequality of education (this happens Inequality of education (this happens because the geographic of Indonesia because the geographic of Indonesia (difficult access to remote areas), (difficult access to remote areas), different environment and mindset, different environment and mindset, inequality of quality of teachers and inequality of quality of teachers and facilities) facilities) – Disparity between cities and rural areasDisparity between cities and rural areas– Disparity of competency of students Disparity of competency of students

PROBLEMSPROBLEMS

• Lack of good mentality (this happens Lack of good mentality (this happens because bad learning environment, because bad learning environment, parents’ wrong guidance, etc)parents’ wrong guidance, etc)– Dependence individual (not confident) Dependence individual (not confident) – Always think about shortcut, negative Always think about shortcut, negative

thinkingthinking– FollowerFollower

CHALLENGESCHALLENGES

• How to make school as a needHow to make school as a need

• How to make an easy (affordable) How to make an easy (affordable) access to schoolaccess to school

• How to build rural areas in order to How to build rural areas in order to increase the wealth of their peopleincrease the wealth of their people

• How to build a good mentality of How to build a good mentality of youthyouth

SOLUTIONSSOLUTIONS

• Dissemination of information about Dissemination of information about educationeducation

• Better control and monitoring toward Better control and monitoring toward government regulation like BOS—government regulation like BOS—fund and facilities for school activity fund and facilities for school activity for poor peoplefor poor people

• Reactivate GNOTA—national Reactivate GNOTA—national movement to become parents movement to become parents (financially) for poor children (financially) for poor children

SOLUTIONSSOLUTIONS

• More vocational schools and more information More vocational schools and more information about it (dissemination)about it (dissemination)– Vocational schools related to the potentials of area (e.g. Vocational schools related to the potentials of area (e.g.

agriculture, fishing)agriculture, fishing)

• Live in—experience the rural lives for high school Live in—experience the rural lives for high school students students

• KKN—work in hometowns or districts KKN—work in hometowns or districts • Character building and leadership skillCharacter building and leadership skill• Training for skills and creativity for drop-out Training for skills and creativity for drop-out

studentsstudents• Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship

– Lesson (formally and informally)Lesson (formally and informally)– Micro creditMicro credit

CONCLUSIONCONCLUSION

We realize the challenges facing on us We realize the challenges facing on us as a youth. It’s time for us to stand as a youth. It’s time for us to stand up together hand-in-hand thinking, up together hand-in-hand thinking,

planning, and taking action especially planning, and taking action especially making a better system of education making a better system of education (equality and quality for formal and (equality and quality for formal and

informal education) throughout informal education) throughout Indonesia to answer all the problems.Indonesia to answer all the problems.