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The problem was communicated by the perpetrators of homeschooling, either single or community, at the Informal Education Symposium: Implementation of Right to Educate Participants Informal Gaza on Saturday (07/05/2011) at the University Campus Multimedia Nusantara, Tangerang South. The event was held Association of Homes and Alternative Education School (Hone Pena).
Diane G, parents of students from Bekasi, saying that homeschool students are able to finish early education in jenjangnya more difficult to perform acceleration, or acceleration. In fact, many other homeschooling children who could complete the study materials in an educational levels more quickly than the formal school children.
"Children can not join the national exam for educational equality, for example, is considered not pass the study three years for junior high or high school students. Department of Education did not want to understand the condition of these children are capable of completing education homeschooling more quickly," said Dian.
Terms of homeschooling children who can acceleration is to have an IQ of 130. In fact, the speed of learning in reality does not depend IQ, but on the acquisition and completion of each level of education materials.
Budi Trikorayanto, Hone Secretary Pena, said that informal education has been recognized in the National Education System Law. Homeschool children can move into the path of non-formal education and joined the national exam (UN) equality education Package A (equivalent SD), B (junior high), and C (equivalent to high school). They moved into the formal education and joined the UN.
"However, many who reject the formal school because they do not understand that a diploma equivalence is recognized as legitimate by the Ministry of National Education. As a result, the requirement to move the path to formal schools so difficult," said Budi.
Dhanang Saso, Vice Chairman Hone Pena, said that in fact Sharpening Pen and Director General of Special Education School (now replaced Director General of Non Formal and Informal Education) has made a memorandum of understanding about the recognition of the rights and obligations of actors homeschooling.
"It should be at the local level support. Education homeschooling should not compounded and is not supported," said Dhanang.
At the meeting, Hone Pena who has about 3800 members, both single home school or home school community, made a statement addressed to the government, the National Education Standards Board, and Commission X of the House of Representatives. They urged that informal education is no longer discriminated against and complicated.
In addition, Hone Pena also asked the government to support the allocation of adequate funds for non-formal and informal education. Because the education in both these lines were also beneficial to serve the children drop out of school or from poor families.
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