SPEECH (EXAMPLE)

GOOD EDUCATION SERVICE NEEDS HIGH COST

Ladies and Gentlemen                     

To beginning our speech, I have one question to you. Have you ever imagined how many children in Indonesia were dropping out from the school? According to official data collected from the 33 Office of the National Commission for Child Protection (PA) in 33 provinces, the number of school dropouts in 2007 has reached 11.7 million. That number would have increased again this year, given the national economic situation is getting worse.

In fact, an increasing number of school dropouts in Indonesia are very terrible. Look, in 2006 the numbers "still" approximately 9.7 million children; but a year later was increased by about 20% to 11.7 million. There is no description of Komnas PA if that amount is an accumulation of data the previous year, and coupled with the number of children who had just dropped out of school. But even if that amount is cumulative, it still feels very oppressive.

Ladies and Gentlemen

          From that data, we as Indonesia people feel very sad. 12 million children in Indonesia don’t get education. It’s mean that education in Indonesia is still very low.

Talk about service, not all services provided by the school gives good impact and the impact on student achievement. Service is just as the existing facilities at the school. During this service that there are schools whose costs are already quite expensive sometimes is not satisfactory; there are still many things that should be fixed in a matter of education in this country.

Ladies and Gentlemen

Education is a right of all children in Indonesia, but what happens if there is a part of Indonesia's children cannot get the rights that deserve the right to get education in schools with adequate facilities. Lack of government attention to the education of poor children and those living in rural areas resulted in a growing number of children who do not have adequate educational facilities. Establish a free school for elementary and junior high school is government policy to tackle the problem for children who are unable to attend school because of the high cost of the school.

True purpose of education is to liberate people from ignorance and poverty. National education system also has a noble purpose, namely the intellectual life of the nation and the human form is characterized Indonesia as well as good moral behavior. To achieve the goals of national education, the state is obliged to carry out a fair and quality education as stipulated by the Law of 1945. For example, in Article 31 Paragraph 1 of the 1945 Constitution which reads, "Every citizen has the right to education." Its Means that all the people of Indonesia must gain access to education regardless of sex, race, religion and social status.

          Now, can you imagine what happen if the school its needs high cost? Maybe the next generations in this country are not having education.

Ladies and Gentlemen

          To conclude our speech “We do not have to be a sociologist if only to understand the logical consequences of this disaster. In the visible we are able to see the direct impact of such a large dropout rate in Indonesia.”