Free
fee-paying education has been debated for years. Pros have a base that by
freeing tuition fee, all of elements of society are able to have a good
education. It means that no more poor people cannot go to school because of lack
of fund. On the other hand, cons believe that best education needs more
finances. They think best education needs best medium means more finances. I
personally think that the government should free the tuition fees from
kindergarten to higher education.
Each
country has its own regulation of education. Indonesia has a noble aim as it is
stated in the preamble of the constitution; to educate the life of the people.
Young, old, male, female, all of people need education. In addition, Indonesian
Constitution regulates many things related to the country, one of them is
education. As in the second verse of article 31, the 1945 Constitution of the
Republic of Indonesia, stated that every citizen has the obligation to
undertake basic education and the government has the obligation to fund this.
Government has been estimating 20.2 % of APBN for education in 2012. That is a
minimal amount of estimation of educational fund. For that reason, government
should increase the amount of educational fund in APBN.
Posted by
Nur Inda Jazilah
