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FULL DAY SCHOOL PROGRAM: IS IT GOOD
OR NOT?
Hello
buddies. Have you ever heard about Full Day School (FDS)—a program proposed by
Minister of Education and Culture of Indonesia, Muhadjir Effendy? I’m sure you
have, right? Just to refresh your mind, this learning program is applied for
elementary and junior high school students in order to facilitate them with
character education and general education as well. Although this program is
well welcomed by President of Indonesia, Jokowi, does FDS work well? Is it good
for students?
Let’s
see the advantages of FDS. According to Muhadjir Effendy, this policy is
believed to be an effective way to build students’ character since they will be
longer study at school (from 7 a.m. until 5 p.m.). Muhadjir believes that
giving additional time to study at school is better than letting them to be
alone at home since their parents are busy at work. The other consideration is that
if children are longer in school, they can finish their school assignments
until they are taken home by their parents. For other activities like reciting
Quran for Muslim, the school sides can invite Ustadz or
religion teacher whose background of knowledge and life have already
known. Therefore, students can obtain good knowledge from teachers who are
professional and competent.
Not
only does FDS have some advantages, but it also has some disadvantages. First,
many parents don’t approve this kind of program of school. They believe that
children need time to take a nap as it is good for children’ health. Second,
students are easily bored. Therefore, if students have more time to study at
school, they will be easily stressed because they must force themselves to
concentrate for long time. The last, this Full Day School program cannot be
implemented in some schools which are located in restricted are. It is because
of this program is not suitable with schools whose facilities are lack.
In
conclusion, to judge Full Day School as a good program or not can be done by
seeing its advantages and disadvantages. The FDS’ benefits are it is good for
students character building, it can prevent students from being lonely at home
since their parents busy at work, and it helps students to get good education
as the teachers are professional and competent. Whereas, the lacks of this
program are students have no time to take a nap, students will easily get bored
and even stressed, and this program is not suitable for schools in the
restricted area because of the lack of facilities.
By:
Department of Education Media
