Build Through humanization Education

Problems facing this nation from day to day more and more without any bright spot settlement. All lines run into problems and trials of life are endless, even worse.

Financial sector, education, transportation, sports, politics, governance, justice, law, legislation, industry, prosecutors, police, banking, and many other sectors have suffered a very basic question: misuse or malfunction and authority. As a result, all policies adopted propublik not, but it is troublesome and a burden and hardship on citizens.

Let us look around us. More and more people become poor or poorer. In the world arena, our country is increasingly not counted among the countries that are competitive. We still counted only because it has a large population and abundant natural resources.

In fact, large population and abundant natural resources have not been able to add value as well as a guarantee for progress and growth in Indonesia. There is a very basic reason why all this happened in Indonesia: the nation's weak character. No staunchly defending the principle of ultimate truth. Lest the intrinsic value of truth even if not owned by this nation. In fact, a developed nation is a nation characterized by strong community character.

Strong character and personality shown through an orderly manner the rules, independent, and put the interests of audiences. Current understanding of the truth was defined by very narrow and dwarf: mostly brought into the realm of the law or the courts to decide whether or not.

In the process of seeking the truth is even happening big problem: the character of the parties involved are weak. Court's decision relied heavily on the quality, morality, and character of the judges. In fact, many decisions are illogical, inconsistent, and far from the ultimate truth.

Characterized by weak

In addition, legislation to be used as a reference also does not reflect the ultimate truth as compiled by people who are too weak character. As a result, legislation we tend not propublik, even difficult people. Already completed the misery of people because not a single line of any public prokepentingan.

Fortunately for Indonesia. People resilient and very patient, and even tended to surrender so that national stability is very good and there was no significant social turmoil, let alone social revolution. Who would not want social revolution because the impact would be very bad for the nation.

However, these circumstances can not be left continuously. The longer the patience of citizens will be increasingly depleted. They are ordinary human beings even though relatively more patient and tawakal. If it lives up to pinch them, they would act no longer rational.

They are sandwiched position of his life had no other choice but to act brutally against the law. If you stay silent patient, eventually they too will die by the condition of being pinched. If it against the law, they will also be arrested and jailed. That is the fruit of the population is very poor simalakama a huge amount in this country.

Something to be desired and needed by this nation is a social reform when the life of the society, state, and nation should be restructured or reformed by bringing forward the total intrinsic truth. This coupled with the courage to act firmly against the principle of ultimate truth.

Must be formed

This means that the character of citizens should be set up that way so that ultimately formed the character of a strong nation. Formation of character should be done through education, both formal and informal. However, education must be addressed before we would be able to build the nation's character.

Currently we are still facing problems with our education that is not humanist: the human beings, not touching, not touching the students, teachers and other education personnel.

For example, a national exam that clearly distanced from the human actors of education-education participants. As if there are two opposite camps, the government-diknas-National Education Standards Agency with a school-teacher-student. In fact, should the two sides were united in education. That's why until now we have not been able to reach the education level of high quality.

Too much of education policy with the concept of actor-education participants. As a result, each party runs its own in accordance with their respective beliefs, which turned out to deviate from the meaning and essence of education. With a humanist education, character development can be initiated in a sustainable nation.

It is still necessary for the success of one other important element: character and leadership that upholds the essential truth. Our society is paternalistic. Actually not difficult to guide them. That is, if guided in the wrong direction, they will also be wrong.

by: Satryo Soemantri Brodjonegoro Professor of ITB and Academic Advisory Binus University, Jakarta