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Pros and Cons of Curriculum 2013 and Generic Structure

Curriculum 2013 started to be implemented on the school academic year 2013/2014. Although it has been officially used but the latest curriculum is still raising the pros and cons among educational practitioners. Those who support it state that Curriculum 2013 is actually aiming to solidify the lessons so it does not burden the students. As a result, students will focus on the challenges of the future of the nation. So also with the teachers, they are not burdened in the preparation of the Education Unit Level Curriculum.

Further Curriculum 2013 itself is actually not something new. Curriculum 2013 is a combination of two kinds of earlier educational curriculum in Indonesia; CBSA (active student learning) and KTSP (education level curriculum). It is very advantageous as CBSA teaches students to be critical.

Conversely, those who do not agree with Curriculum 2013 state the new curriculum is less focus because it combines the learning subjects. In primary school it combines science subjects with Indonesian. According to them combining two subjects into one material may not be effective as it does not consider teacher’s competences in most of schools in different regions in Indonesia.

Some parents also do not agree with Curriculum 2013 as they still want that English is given to students from primary school. They argue that mastering foreign language need long time and process and it is good if started from earlier. They added that many sources of common knowledge is written in foreign language, especially English. The reason for the application of Curriculum 2013 also does not have a strong foundation. There is no in-depth study of the causes of the failure of previous curriculum which makes it to be replaced with the new one.

Finally the pros and cons are always there. Curriculum 2013 has been already implemented. Will this new curriculum successfully lead education in Indonesia to move forward? We’re all going to see it.

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