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English Assignment – Essay Writing Faculty o Engineering ! Class "#$01
THE EDUCATION SYSTEM IN INDONESIA AND FINLAND
Education is the essential %ey o a nation&s uture# 't can (e used as a ma) to determine the uture (ecause o (eing *ell+educated eases )eo)le to get (etter career )ath# Finland is a country claimed to has the(est education system in the *orld, as it is )ro-en rom the result o .rogram or 'nternational "tudent Assessment /.'"A test *hich is a (enchmar% re)resenting the student achie-ement either the irst or the second )lace, (eating other students rom many countries# 'ndonesia, ho*e-er, is in the 57th )lace# What ma%es Finland students )erorm (etter than 'ndonesian students is the result o its *ell+designed education system, such as the teaching method, the school hours, and the teachers# he he irs irstt )oin )ointt is teac teachi hing ng meth method od## 'n 'ndo 'ndone nesi sia, a, it is dom dominat inated ed (y one+ one+*a *ay y communication method++the teacher is lecturing to an audience o )atiently listening and silent students# 't is not that good as it ma%es students (ored and ha-e diiculties to ollo* the learning )rocess# ot only that, the students also get )lenty o assignments *hich can reduce their ree time to e3)lore more their unacademic s%ills, or it can (e named 4*or% till you dro) mentality . n the other hand, in Finland, Finland, teachers im)lement im)lement 4the learning learning is un method (y creating creating the good atmos)here atmos)here in the classroom classroom so the students enoy the learning learning )rocess# For e3am)le, e3am)le, the teachers let students to do grou) discussion, gi-e them the moti-ation and ne-er gi-e them home*or%# he second dierence is the school hours# 'ndonesian students s)end a lot o time at school, or 8 hours a day, rom early morning to late aternoon# Additional lesson is still gi-en to the students, *hich means that they need to s)end some more hours at school# ecause they eel de)ressed, they do not )erorm *ell in their studies# n the contrary, con trary, Finland students s)end -ery short time at school, that is only 5 hours h ours a day# Final dierence is the teachers# 'n 'ndonesia, they are not highly res)ected as some teachers do not e-en get good salary# 't can (e attested that in rural and remote areas, teachers only earn :)# 200#000 to :)# $00#000 )er month and that amount is (elo* the regional minimum *age# ;o*e-er, teaching is more honoured in Finland than (ecoming doctor or la*yer and is done )roessionally# he teachers are selected rom the to) ten uni-ersities in the *orld and only ten )ercent o master&s degree (est graduates can a))ly# hey also ha-e to undergo -arious trainings (eore they are )laced in classrooms# y all these re
