Reading Impression_Meriyah_2009120030_3

Kindergarten teacher


I have read article about teacher’s kindergarten in Semarang. Her name is Uniah. She was 39 years old. She had small wages from it. To support her financial, she had to do another job as dishwasher at little restaurant. Her wages as a kindergarten teacher was not sufficient. Each month he received only net fee Rp180.000 plus transportation Rp30.000 and Rp20.000 for lunch. It was a little helped by incentives Rp200.000 per month from the government granted six months. She and her husband stayed at rent house with two children. Even though she got Rp.500.000 per month from her husband but it was not enough to pay her daily need. My point of view about it was teachers’ financial problem is part of education’s problems. The low salary of teacher cause effect the shortage of interesting of being a teacher, because their will choose to find another job that have high salary. If that happen it can make the low quality of education in Indonesia, because there is no teacher for teach the student.

I got another fact form the article that According to the Chairman of Forum Communications Private Kindergarten Teachers Semarang District Nur Ida Farida, Uniah conditions was largely private kindergarten teachers in the district of Semarang. At least there is 1082 private kindergarten teacher in Semarang District with elementary education level by 10 people, Junior (46), SMA (522), D-2 (359), and S-1 (145). I think minimum standard of kindergarten teacher education is SMA. The teacher who graduated from elementary and junior education can’t teach effectively, because their ability was limited. Kindergarten is first level of education that can make the good condition for the first pattern of children’s mind. When it had created well, it can make them easier to understand about next lesson that more difficult in elementary school. High teacher education also aims to create students who qualified for generations in the future.