Education is an important indicator to measure the progress of a nation. If a nation wants to be placed on the social world in a dignified level and modern, so the first thing to do is to develop the education that has relevance and competitiveness for all children of the nation. Why? Because education is a gateway to understanding the world as well as gates to control the thinking and the specific culture in the global society.
In the political perspective of education, a medieval Greek philosophy says that the conquest of the world is determined by how far the education of a nation can be achieved and how advanced the nations concerned master science. This means that as a symbol of the progress of civilization, the mastery of knowledge becomes very important even be an imperative pre-condition for the superiority of a nation. In the language of culture, Geertz even consider the mastery of science as a form of expression of thought and behavior progress of a nation.
As part of the system does not separate public life, as well as educational development becomes an important indicator of national character building process. Therefore, the mastery of science and technology as well as an effort to exalt the dignity and the behavior of nations, as a whole. Educational progress achieved reflects how the nation is to respect and protect the dignity of the world social interaction.
Thus, not too much if the way politics and manners in the intercourse between nations strongly influenced the level of education that is owned and managed to achieve so generally influential in all aspects of public life concerned nation. In fact, level of education held a nation can give an idea of how a nation's character and behave.
The level of public education and especially the holders of power semantically affect how the authorities perceive and act in the face of any problems that arise. This is referred to in the politics of education as part of polite behavior that became an important control in the battle ethics policy that political interests continue to have dynamics.
The dignities of education does not mean putting ethical values education above other values in the social, political, economic and even cultural. The dignities of education means providing a sense of the aesthetic value of collective or individual on the social and ethical behavior that is more dignified.
This means that in the context of developing interpersonal relationships and collective importance of education places containing ethical and aesthetic values are correct and cultured. Call it France, Germany, Japan or China who put themselves in the ranks of socially important because it makes the world as part of ethical education in nation building and become an important measure in building global relationships in the context of broad interest.
In general, the ethical values of education become an important foundation of the world association of these dignified turn on contain elements that puts the value of the relevant nation as part of a respected association of the world and often used as an 'icon' the progress of nations in the world.
Even so, no doubt also that the political dominance in determining the national development priorities which is monologists often become very decisive direction and character development of the planned education. And in turn, determine the direction of education based on political interests practical.
Likewise, the Indonesian people who are striving to be the association of nations that is more global. In this context, various efforts have been made especially in strengthening the national character through the development of national education. Poverty alleviation and nine-year compulsory education is one of the major efforts in raising the dignity of this nation in the international eye.
Backwardness which has pressed the Indonesian nation for centuries has become the experience 'bad' we. Thus we must boost the development of a more dignified education. Because this is just our way to bridge differences and unite the cultural character and a very diverse nation. This is how we rebuild our image of a strong character as part of the world civilization that has valuable values as manifested in the symbol of the Republic of Indonesia.
From the political side, education is a bridge to a democratic society that merge the various different interests. This reality can be seen from melting differences of caste, degree of cultural or political interests to differences in the values of communication that is monologists nationalistic. For that, education is the only path that is considered able to bridge the cultural differences in ethnic and cultural diversity of Indonesia.
This is what caused the Indonesian people are better able to understand him and also to glue the differences in the attempts to maintain the unity of the Indonesian nation, thinking about the complexity of interests, cultural values, and character of various communities.
In addition, education must also be able to build a cultural identity that is more powerful nation that can put this nation as an important part of social intercourse wider world. In the context of a more global, the values that built holistically will penetrate into the social values and a more character. For that, in the framework of strengthening the bargaining position of the nation, it is necessary to support the nation of all components including the political support in the development of national education more widely.
Education awards in the global society must start from the award given by the Indonesian people themselves. Because a great nation is a nation that can and will respect himself and communicative values contained in the cultural behavior. This is the only way to strengthen our bargaining position in the global society. Hopefully what we all aspire to build the education of children of this nation can put us on a more social level of dignity, and character.
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