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FROM SEMARANG
Schools on the Move in Pringapus and Ambarawa
Primary Schools in the two target sub-districts have their own innovations to improve their students’ performance. One of these activities is ‘Sarapan Pagi’ (Breakfast Time). Questions for a number of subjects written on slips of paper are set out at the front of classroom. Every morning students compete to come to school early as they can, so that they can choose the questions they want, because they want to choose different questions from the previous day.
This activity has received a positive response from parents, because it makes the students more active and independent in solving problem for themselves.
Besides the above activities, in Pringapus sub-district the willingness to change can be seen at SD Wonorejo 2 and SD Penawangan 2. Even though both schools are a long way from the sub-district office, the schools have enthusiastically accepted ideas from outside. SD Wonorejo 2, which is in a teak and rubber growing area, has been using the environment as a source of learning. Students learning science have collected a variety of leaves, roots, and even insects which they have then preserved.
Not wanting to be left behind, SD Wonoyoso which has been formed from the merger of SD Wonoyoso 1 and 2, has been achieving significant results. Community participation at SD Wonoyoso is high, as can be seen from the construction of a Biology Laboratory which was funded completely by the community. Besides the primary schools, MTs Ma’arif has also been trying to implement PAKEM.
There have been similar changes in schools in Ambarawa sub-district. For example, SD Milir 2, which is situated in a mountainous area, has been farming fruit, flowers, and vegetables as part of the local content curriculum and as a resource for learning. Besides this, on the 9 January 2006 the school held a meeting with community leaders, religious leaders and parents to discuss the importance of SBM, Community Participation, and the benefits of implementing PAKEM. SD Candi 3 which is situated below Gedong Songo temple, has been trying to implement PAKEM by using the local environment.
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- Students of MIN Panjang discussing their work.
- Bpk Teguh Sudarmoko - Head of Pringapus sub-district education office looking at the students’ work on vegetable propagation at SD Mlilir 2.
- Bpk Kusmanto, principal of SD Wonoyoso and the chairman of the school committee in front of the Biology laboratory built with funds from the community.
- Grade 2 students at SD Penawangan 2 enjoying learning outside the classroom.
- A meeting to explain SBM and community participation at SD Mlilir 2.
- The work of grade 4 students at SD Wonorejo 2 an Insectarium and Herbarium.
- The Team of District Facilitators, the Heads of Pringapus and Ambarawa sub-district education offices visiting SD Penawangan 2 and, even though it was a rough walk, everyone was enthusiastic.
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