Interpret the National Education Day

Today May 2, 2012, our nation celebrated National Education Day to coincide with the birth of Ki Hajar Dewantara (May 2 1889-28 April 1959; original name: Raden Mas Soewardi Soeryaningrat) is one of a National Hero who is also the father of National Education of Indonesia.
He has served as Minister of National Education Republic of Indonesia. His name is also immortalized in the name of a Guard ship missile destroyer. This ship is also a member of warships for the Navy trained and named KRI Ki Hajar Dewantara.

A figure of the nation who became a mascot of education in Indonesia, with a highly renowned teaching the tut wuri handayani from behind a teacher should be able to give encouragement and direction, Mangun ing initiative in the middle or between pupils, teachers must create initiatives and ideas, and at ngarsa tulada sung in front, an educator must lead by example or examples of good actions. A sequence of sentences that have the spirit of morality and education kemajuan.Namun how Indonesia now?

For people who want to advance and excel in global competition, education is key. Education is the duty of the state's most important and very strategic. Qualified human resources is a basic prerequisite for the formation of a good civilization. Conversely poor human resources, will definitely give birth to bad people too.
To deliver the vision of education that way, and see the reality of education in this country is still very far from expectations. In fact, far behind countries - other countries. It can be seen from at least three things: First, the paradigm of national education highly secular and materialistic so it does not produce quality human whole, physically and mentally. Second, the increasingly high cost of education from year to year. Third, the resulting poor quality of human resources to compete globally.
Materialistic, secular education system is really just a mere part of a system of national and state are also secular and materialistic. Indeed, the secular materialistic system, whose name views, rules, and values ​​- values ​​of Islam have never intentionally used to organize various fields, especially in education. Therefore, in the middle of the system was born sekuleristik order forms are far from the values ​​of religion and all the consequences that befell the nation and the country.
If we are to honestly evaluate our education, then surely we would be very sad with the facts in the field, it true that education has lost its true meaning? Very sad if the real answer.
It takes a sociological approach to education is clearly seen. But the facts on the ground says another. Lately, the parents cried because of the cost of school and college more expensive. Increasingly felt the pressure of life, as much political frenzy of the people's expectations. Community is difficult to argue that fact. It seems that all the education it provides an explanation for what had been predicted Henry A Giroux about his concern over the economic efficiency of education who indulge in the practice. Giroux suggests that in education there has been pengkerdilan meaning and essence of education.
The meanings of education every nation has its own experience. So also with Indonesia. Unfinished education reform because it has not been open space for dialogue as an act of communication. Current climate of democracy does not even guarantee to bring education to a more transformative. The new educational reform at this stage not skin deep to the system as the ultimate in skin.
Fundamental solution of blurred portrait of this education, the education system should be directed to a paradigm shift, that is the foundation of Islamic theology that does not recognize the dichotomy of public and religious education. Finally was born thousands of Muslim intellectuals who understand the religion well prepared to answer the challenges of his time. Hopefully!
HAPPY NATIONAL EDUCATION DAY 2012