Singaraja – Prof. Dr. I Wayan Lasmawan, M.Pd. as one of the Professors of the Undiksha Faculty of Law and Social Sciences who also served as Vice Chancellor II Undiksha was lined up to become keynote Speaker in the Series II National Webinar which was held by the Undiksha Department of Law and Citizenship, Thursday (18/3/2021) online. After successfully holding the Series I Webinar by presenting Srikandi Law in Indonesia, the Undiksha Department of Law and Citizenship is again holding a Series II Webinar with the same theme, namely “The Face of Law and Education in Indonesia in 2021”.
Lasmawan who attended as keynote Speaker started his presentation by placing this theme as something that requires extraordinary thinking from his perspective as an academic. Before proceeding to the material, he begins by conveying the 5 characteristics of a rule of law state, while at the same time disclosing that whatever is done within the state must be based on law. “In my perspective, the law is the most vital instrument in building the nation towards a just civilization that promotes the principle of justice. However, in reality, when implemented in society it will bring out dynamics,” he said.
As an academic, on this occasion, Lasmawan discussed more about the face of education during the Pandemic. In his view, the essence of educational practice is a process of humanizing humans within the framework of humanity itself. “This should be our foundation when we talk about education,” he said. He further added, in 2021, the educational process in Indonesia has begun to shift its practice. “What used to be at school is now at home, it can even be concluded temporarily, but a deeper study is needed, that the role of the teacher is replaced by that of the parents. And also, the output of the face of education is still plagued by problems, which require the participation of all parties to unravel the problem,” he emphasized.
This Bangli-born official revealed that before the pandemic, there were several problems in educational practice, such as uneven distribution of access in all regions, uneven availability of human resources, inadequate allocation of funding in the education sector, and our education governance system was still not unified. However, since the Covid-19 Pandemic hit Indonesia, several new problems have also emerged. “In the era of Covid-19, several new problems in educational practice have emerged. Education systems and practices are experiencing an emergency, increasing dropout rates and new problems in educational practice such as in the PBM process where parents more often replace the teacher’s role, there is an abrasion of the meaning of education, coupled with limited facilities and funding,” he said.
To deal with this problem, several suggestions were put forward by Prof. Lasmawan such as efforts to optimize conditions, functionalization of more than school management, community testing in recognizing educational practices, and implementing the new normal in educational practice. “So far, parents have tended to place the responsibility for education on schools and the government, now with Covid-19, parents know how difficult it is to be a teacher serving their children in educational practice. And people are now increasingly understanding how difficult the practice of education is,” he said.
Before ending his material, Lasmawan conveyed his little notes regarding education during this pandemic. “During this pandemic, student learning motivation decreased, jetlag teachers for technological literacy where many teachers are at a loss using Distance Education technology, the degradation of children’s education rights, progress achievements that are still far from perfect because of the pandemic situation which has held educational practices hostage and the pandemic has caused chaotic educational practices,” he emphasized. He also added, moving from these matters, the Ministry of Education and Culture had finally implemented 8multi-layer policies, namely the Implementation of Distance Education, Internet Quota Assistance, UKT Assistance, emergency curricula, learning assessments during a pandemic, PBM models of a new life order, diversification of the use of BOS funds, and streamlined administration and bureaucracy. But unfortunately, this is not optimal enough to answer the challenges of education during the current pandemic.
In his conclusion, Lasmawan conveyed the face of education seen from the perspective of an academic. “Looking at our educational practices, with simplicity and limitations, I conclude that the face of Indonesian education during this pandemic, from 3 aspects, namely in terms of faces, which are still fine but only a little ‘well‘, the expression on the face of education which tends to be quiet because of decreased immunity as there are quite a lot of problems being faced, and in terms of expectations that are still open but only requires more unified synergy between parents, students, government and teachers,” he said. Therefore, Lasmawan as an academic invites the public to be wiser in looking at the objects around them about how we can add value to the context of law application and educational practice, to unite determination and synergy to improve educational practice amid the Covid-19 pandemic. (hms)
