The Ministry of Education and Culture Will eliminate IPA and IPS

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The Ministry of Education and Culture (Kemendikbud) would eliminate the two subjects in elementary school (SD), the Natural Sciences and Social Sciences (IPA-IPS). Instead, the government set curriculum .Head of Research and Development Agency (Kabalitbang) Kemendikbud Khairil Anwar said of the discussions that evolved in the ministries, lessons at elementary school level will be more emphasis on forming children discipline, honest and clean. He said the change is related to the revision of the national curriculum is not up to date. He said the curriculum attitude formation will take science lessons and victim removal SD.Removal IPS in both subjects is also as a result of the reduction of hours of study, because the subjects attitude formation is no longer associated with the transfer of science. That way, the subjects will be taught in primary schools is the lesson of Religion, Education Citizenship (Civics), Pancasila, Indonesian, and basic mathematics. However, although simplified, these subjects will be aligned with the Competence Standard and Basic Competence (SKKD). "So suppose Religion lesson assessments, not just prayer practices are assessed, but assessed as well as whether he likes bully friend or does he like to steal," said Khairil in Kemendikbud Building, Jakarta, yesterday. IPB Professor of Statistics said, the final exam will not only multiple-choice, but also how students can implement to people.not only religious instruction in the elementary curriculum revision, Kemendikbud will also revise the high school curriculum. For SMP, the lessons will be given will be focused on learning the skills to see and do things that can be seen with the eye. Possibilities for science and social studies subjects still maintained for junior high school students, even though it was not very high learning. The lessons in the school began to transform those skills with higher science. "The curriculum in the future it should be more on the process obsurvey or how to observe, to question her, and how to replicate and report. Currently we are assessing children weak in reporting. Another orientation in streamlining curriculum also so we are more focused (in giving subjects) and did not consider all (subjects) as if it matters. Look now, many elementary school children because of too many bruised his back carrying books, "he said. In the context of this development, he said, the ministry can not work alone so it needs to involve the observer in order to revise the curriculum can be addressed carefully. Observer of education of Indonesian Education University (UPI) Bandung Said Hamid Hasan claimed included in one of the invited observers in the deliberations on that.in his opinion, removal of subjects in elementary science and social studies is still not confirmed, because the current team is still discussing the standard of competence graduation. However, the ministry is asking for this year's draft revision of existing curriculum and in 2013 there will be training teachers. "We're not making decisions. I think this discussion is not a problem of the elimination of science and social studies, but there is a desire to be the number of subjects at all levels is reduced, so that the load is not too great.If child no subject reduction, there will also be a reduction in teachers. In essence, we wanted to lighten the burden of the students, "he said. Said said, the most important in the curriculum revision is the implementation stage or in this case the quality of teachers.