Bill Sticklers

The National Education System Bill is on the verge of being passed. But problems with the issue of "spirit of education" could lead to a further postponement.

June 10, 2003

ANUMBER of cities in this country last week seemed to belong to students. Thousands of youngsters, still cute, and a number of teachers spilled out onto the streets a number of times, holding up banners and shouting out various demands. In Jakarta, last Thursday, around 15,000 students even flocked to the MPR/DPR buildings at Senayan. The demand they insisted on, through shouts or posters, was just one: that the passing of the National Educati

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