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PURBALINGGA
During an MBE visit to Purbalingga there were clear signs of progress in the target schools. You can read about some examples of PAKEM in Purbalingga on pages 15 - 18.
In photo 1 the school principal of SD Bojong 3, in Purbalingga Sub-District, Ibu Ruwiyati can be seen with two parents who help in class. They are Ibu Supriyati and Bpk Irwanto. The grade 4 classroom is attractively decorated with displays of students' work.
The community is very active in helping the school. The school roof (photo 2) was rebuilt with the help of Rp. 30 million from the provincial budget which was matched by Rp. 17 million from the community in the form of labor and materials. In addition, the school toilets which were reported as being under construction in the last edition of Suara MBE, are now finished and in use. In photo 3 Bpk Muh. Nurhadi, Head of the Sub-District Education Office, Bpk Sumojo, Head of Primary Education, Bpk Soepriyanto, School Committee and Ibu Ruwiyanti are seen standing in front of the new toilets.
A school which stands out in Karanganyar sub-district is SD 1 Karanganyar. It has made rapid progress under the leadership of the school principal, Bpk Tohirin, who is pictured standing on the left in photo 4 together with the school supervisor, Ibu Siti Fatimah and Bpk Djureni from the school committee.
The children's artwork is excellent. In photo 5 Aan, a Grade 5 student is showing his picture about cleanliness - art activities are integrated with other subjects. In photo 6, a Grade 5 teacher, Ibu Siti Rahayu, who helps develop this artistic talent, is showing some of the children's work.
The most remote school in Karanganyar Sub-District is SDN 1 Kalioro, which is situated at the end of the paved road. This school has a distance class, situated one hour's walk away from the main school. The teachers and school committee are pictured in photo 7 together with the school principal, Ibu Riyati, (third from left).
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DARI FROM TRENGGALEK: "You Know What I Want"
Consultations with MBE....Eagerly Awaited
At the end of June 2006 MBE consultants from East Java, Bpk Adurrahman As'ari and Bpk Arifin Rahman, were able to visit Trenggalek district to give support and inputs to the district facilitators. At almost the same time an MBE consultant from Jakarta, Bpk Toto Purwanto, also visited Trenggalek as part of monitoring district level education management.
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Pak Arifin giving assistance to participants in the facilitators' refresher session in Trenggalek Sub-District on 26 June 2006
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Pak As'ari and Pak Arifin delivered very important and useful material concerning: Mentoring Techniques to Support PAKEM Teaching and School Based Management (SBM); Making PAKEM Lesson Scenarios; and Designing and Implementing Training Scenarios. The participants included not only the facilitators but also representatives of teachers and school principals from those MBE partner schools, which did not have a facilitator in their school.
Judged by the evaluations of the participants they have been waiting a long time for an activity like this and are hoping that it will be repeated. They also hope that their schools can be visited so that the teachers can have discussions directly with the consultants.
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The district MBE technical team in consultation with Bpk Toto at the District Development Agency in Trenggalek on 29 June 2006
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Pak Toto had a different experience. During his two day visit he had planned to collect monitoring data concerning district level management. However, the district MBE technical team made use of the visit to hold consultations with Pak Toto. This took up half a day of his visit.
The visit was attended by all the members of the cross-sectoral technical team and discussed problems which they had encountered in drawing up their current program and future planned programs to improve the management of education in Trenggalek The plans include: drawing up a District Education Development Plan - RIPP; disseminating SBM and PAKEM to Karangan and Durenan Sub-Districts; unit cost and formula funding workshops; and strategies for incorporating the recommendations of the school mapping into the 2007 education plan.
In view of the enthusiasm surrounding these visits and the benefits gained from them, consultative activities like this should take place for frequently.
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