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Assalamualaikum Wr.

Wb

The honourable juries, all the committees and my lovely friends. All praise is due to Allah The
Almighty God who has been giving us his mercy and blessing until we can attend The English Speech
Contest without any obstacles.

Standing here, I would like to say about the quality of education in Indonesia. So far, we are facing
many complicated proplems deals with this topic. As we know Indonesia students rank among the
lowest countries of the world. Therefore, among the South East Asia Countries, the quality of education
in Indonesia is lower than Malaysia, Singapore even Thailand. And the worse, people were shocked by
the failure of many students on the last final exam.

Dear audiences, a big question arise to all of us. Are Indonesian students really weak to apply
knowledge and skills to tasks that are relevant to their future life ? Perhaps, it must be wrong to judge
that conclusion. But this question is always supported by the factual situation that the outcomes is not
so good. There were many students at senior or junior high schools who failed on the final exam. This
situation is getting worse since many companies are interest to Indonesian students from abroad only.
We can find rich people ask their son to take the programmes of higher education abroad. The parents
also trust to foreign institutions like Autralian, American and British schools as the best school for their
son in Indonesia. They think foreign institutions and universities garanty high quality of education.

On the other hand, there are state and private universities in Indonesia which force the students to
pay the higher cost. They don’t let poor students to study there. Although they are clever. Every
students has to pay at least fourty till sixty millions for the school fee. It means that good education is
the expensive thing to pay. We can’t imagine that any opportunities to study just for the rich people.
How come the government close the eyes for this problem ?

Dear audiences, with the problem facing above. How to overcome this problem ? I think we have to
push for a better educational system with the support of the schools, teacher, government and civil
society at large. They have to work together to improve the quality of education better. Because without
any supports from all, it means nothing. Besides that the government can help by giving more funds to
the students or to the schools. Of course, it helps to reduce the high cost for education. They also have
to give chance to the teachers to take some courses to improve their qualities. Moreover the
government has to improve the quality of education itself. They can give assessment focus on how well
students apply their knowledge and skills. We have to know the strengths and weakness of the students
because applying knowledge and skills are more important rather than on the memorization of the
subject matter knowledge. If all children in Indonesia get qualified education, Indonesia will have
qualified Human Resources who are ready to build the nation. Of course, They don’t only master
knowledge, science and technology but also have steadiness of faith.

Hopefully, because education provides the most universal key to a new world and better life. We can
manage and lead up everything to be better life by qualified education.

That’s all my speech. Finally, I’d like you to forgive my fault if any. I am afraid I cannot find the suitable
words how to thank for your attention. May the Almighty God bestow on us. His endless blessings.

Wassalamualaikum Wr.Wb

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