On the second day the AusAID team agenda was visited schools and conducted dialogue with counterparts and stakeholders at sub district and cluster levels. The first school visited by the team was SD 1 Beureuneun at Mutiara Sub District. They could see that teachers in all classrooms implementing active, joyful and effective learning. Besides the classroom arrangement and student works displays, they could see how teachers encourage students to be actively participate in the learning activity.
At 8.45 am we moved to SD 1 Kota Bakti at Sakti Cluster. We will meet with teachers, supervisors, District Facilitators and also the Heads of Sub District Office.
Grant Morison was interested on the School Plan and Budget displayed at Public Information Board. He asked a lot of questions related with the spending of the BOS and other block grants provided by the government and ERA as well. Grant used to be a teacher and therefore he is interested with the reading corner and the books provided for the students.
The dialogue with the stakeholders was lively. All representatives from teachers, supervisors, district facilitators and the head of sub district offices; stated their experiences in implementing the cluster program and what is still needed in order to continue and or improve their performance.
Beside the achievements, they also stated contraints and obstacles in implementing the program. The lack of support from the school heads, the limited capacities in performing their role as district facilitators and or cluster resource persons, and different treatment given to primary schools and madrasahs; were the main issues.
Within the 2 hours dialogue, I believe that the AusAID team has gained a comprehensive information about the program and the further needs. Issue about the differentiation of treatment given to the primary schools and madrasah, is still has to be solved. Hopefully with the existence of Aceh Province Strategic Plan, this issue can be solved promptly. However, it should be considered that teachers and students at schools are the victims of the unequal treatment.
Just want to share my opinion about the good leader. I believe that "the good leader is the one who treated every party equally; focused and prioritized his/her mission for the sake of children; and never think and act primordially". It means that he/she should think and act beyond the different ethnic, geographycal area, or different istitutions. It is true that primary schools and madrasahs are under different department. But, do you ever think that the victims of the unfair treatment are the students ? Students at both schools, named Sekolah Dasar under the Education Office and Madrasah under the Religious Department. Students become the victims just because their teachers treated differently by their leaders. It's a pity indeed.
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