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Community Participation at Ambalkliwon continued ......
In view of the dangerous conditions and fearing an accident, the head of the village, together with the school committee and the community made efforts to solve the problem by providing funds and manpower. Little by little they raised Rp.10 million, which they used for reconstructing the roofs of two classrooms. They did the repairs by themselves. Only a small part of the work was carried out by skilled labor, at half the normal rate of pay, and most of the other work was carried out by the community without receiving any payment at all. If the volunteer work was valued in terms of money, the total community support was worth Rp.13.5 million.
What occurred at SDN Ambalkliwonan is an example of community caring about and participating in supporting children’s learning. However, there are still 5 out of the 8 classrooms that need rehabilitation. It is hoped that the Kebumen Education Office will show some concern for the physical condition of the school which was, incidentally, visited by the Bupati during the local election campaign.
PROBOLINGGO: Industry Cares about Education
Only a few industries have invested in Probolinggo district. One of them is PT. IPMOMI which specializes in the field of energy through its electric power plant in Paiton sub-district. PT. IPMOMI is not only investing in businesses in Probolinggo, but it also has a community development program which includes:
- Education infrastructure
- 2. Increasing teacher competencies
- Entrepreneurship
- Social and culture
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Photo 1 Bpk Bambang Jiwantoro Director of Community and Human Resources explaining the cooperation between PT IPOMI and the Probolinggo Education Office. Photo 2 The SBM training for Junior Secondary School at the PT IPMOMI Recreation Hall. Photo 3 & 4 Consultants and MBE facitilators giving technical assistance during the training.
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A lot of assistance for education has been provided by the company. One example is the SBM development program for junior secondary schools. The program was conducted in the PT IPMOMI hall. The company not only provided the hall free of charge, in addition the meals for the 110 participants were free during the training.
The community programs of the company are working well and the schools surrounding the company are benefiting. As an example the company helped to train English teachers throughout the district for free including the attendance of expert trainers for 19 days. Other aid came in the form of construction of sports facilities (a basketball court) for SMPN1 Paiton and rehabilitation of the schools’ classrooms and laboratory.
PATI: Education Office Builds on MBE Experience
In August 2005 the Education Office in Pati drew up a syllabus for all primary schools in the District. The MBE primary school facilitators and MBE target school teachers spearheaded the activity.
According to Bpk Sarpan, Primary School Section Head, pictured with Mr. Stuart Weston, MBE Program Director monitoring classroom activities at SD Sembaturagung 2, the syllabus will be used as a reference and resource for SD teach-ers throughout Pati in implementing PAKEM approaches to learning. The syllabus has been operating since 2004 for grades 1 and 4, and 2005 for grades 2 and 5.
Furthermore the MBE target schools (SD/MI) were given the responsibility by the Education Office for creating Experience-Based Student Worksheets. This is a program from the Primary School Section Head to simplify dissemination and has become a case study to discover how effective training has been in developing teachers’ understanding of the PAKEM approaches to learning. It remains to be seen how PAKEM learning works using worksheets made by the MBE facilitators, rather than those currently in use which tend to focus only on cognitive learnng.
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Bpk Kadis, Bahasa Indonesia Facilitator, discussing making worksheets with teachers of MBE schools.
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In December the District Education Office, sup-ported by MBE, orga-nized a study visit to SD Kebon Dalam, Mojo-kerto which is a UNESCO target school through the CLCC program. The partici-pants looked at PAKEM, management of the classroom and the school environment. During this activity the supervisors, principals, and teachers learnt a great deal about classroom management. According to Bpk Sarpan this issue needs greater consideration so that displays of students’ work and the use of reading corners are suitable for the conditions in the school.
Another Education Office program is the routine training of sub-district facilitators once every month in the sub-districts of Jakenan, Jaken, Winong, and Pucakwangi. This program has been implemented since July 2005 and will be extended to other sub-districts in the Pati district.
This strategy or pattern is being employed wherever sub-district facilitators are given the responsibility for dissemination of PAKEM at cluster level.
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