Is less than 3 metres in the same room, a teacher, Yasri, also hosts the quiz questions and answers. A dozen children with sound no less vigorously compete to answer questions.
Still in the same room, a number of other students were busy working on the task in the book. While writing, they occasionally glanced at his friend who was busy following the quiz.
Three classes that meet one local (indoor). That's the everyday landscape in primary school (SDN) 191 Dykes Kabau, Air Itam, Sarolangun Regency, about 260 kilometers north west of the town of Jambi. This may be a strange sight for a first glimpse. How students can concentrate on problem when next to him, in the same room, the other with a rowdy class student quiz show. The concentration of children it is probably easy to split.
"The class was so crowded. Yes, this is how the situation every day, "said Agus, master class IV. He is in class one with class III and class V.
Since it was inaugurated in 1994, means education in SDN 191 always limited. The school has only two premises to a place of learning for all students. There is no room teachers, school health room, let alone libraries. Washing bath building latrines have also been damaged. Former principal initiative cutting off one of the rooms. Small room that stricture results are now used as room teacher.
New earlier this year, the Government set up a small library in the building of the school. The teacher was then moved, making the room doubles as a library space master. While the original partitioned room that was used for the students classes VI.
A small portion of students
The head of the Syriac 191 Ade Irma SDN complained about the condition of the classroom because it could affect the admission of students to the subject matter. He has proposed to local governments to increase the learning spaces for students. However, up to now, the proposal was not realized.
Sad situation not only occurred on the question of the lack of a means of education. Number of teaching-learning activities of students in attendance is also very low. Students who are registered as many as 140 people, but only about 40 percent of daily attendance. Where are they?
When the Compass school, Friday (2/4), only about 50 students were present. According to Ade Irma, most students could not attend school due to being in the jungle helped her parents work. "Their home is in the jungle. Their regular school week, and returned a week old, and new schools next week again, "he said.
Away from Home The Forest within the National Park Of the twelve (TNBD) Jambi to school often disqualifies the arrival of students. It took 2 hours to walk from home to The outermost edge of the jungle forest. Journey continues, from the edge to the SDN TNBD 191 takes about 1 hour. A tiring long journey.
Illiteracy
The Government built over 206 SDN spirit in addressing The child in the tribe or the jungle of illiteracy. The Forest is a community of indigenous forest in the central region of Jambi. They build a life in the stretch, scattered Counties TNBD Tebo, Merangin Sarolangun Batanghari,, and.
The Jungle again not know letters and numbers. There is no interaction with outsiders. A seloka rules stated in the customs at first mention, knowledge of the outside world are contrary to local customs. There is concern, if good at read and write, People will forget and leave the jungle rimbanya. They were originally covered with public education.
In line with the development of a national transmigration program, interaction with the surrounding villages began to grow. When most People get Jungle settlements and schools from the Government, a number of parents send her son began to open. At present, 140 students enrolled in SDN 191, just 12 students come from among the non-forest. It indicates high school interest People of the jungle.
Many Indigenous People of the jungle from a group of Young Kedundung, Basement, said, most people of the jungle now has awareness to education. However, the Government education system has not been paying attention to customs and local culture. "The boys must help parents work. However, that does not mean we do not want them to be smart, "he said.
During this time many students do not go to school, according to her, not for the lazy. The boys were still studying in the jungle after helping parents. They facilitated the Conservation Community volunteers from the Indonesia (KKI) Warsi. Volunteers stay for two weeks to educate children. In the teaching-learning activities, volunteer teachers adapt to the local dress, namely bercawat for men and berkemben for women and gloved. Adjustments to the local customs are believed to stimulate the spirit of children learning.
Currently more than 400 children of the jungle have literacy and numbers. Ability to read, write, and count they earn rather than public schools, but rather through a special school activities in the jungle. Some of the children of the jungle has even reached the level of a high school. There is also a radio broadcaster. One of the older Basement, Beteguh, won the JUNIOR class in the 12 one-stop Sarolangun.
He hopes governments don't impose child-follow the pattern of public education. For educational activities take place outside the life of the jungle, teaching-learning activities during this time seems to take half-measures. While the children of the jungle have high spirits to smart. They also have high ideals as other children.
