Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati said Indonesiastill had a long way to go to improve education system, adding that programmes designedand implemented by local governments were key to improving the quality and standard. She said Indonesian students often lack critical thinking skills and empathy and that the country must therefore tweak its education system to nurture these values. "We recognisethat there is still a long way to go for Indonesiato improve the quality of education," Sri Mulyani said at the inauguration of World Conferenceon Creative Economy in Nusa Dua, Bali, on Wednesday. The country has been allocating 20 percent of its annual statebudget to education, while the averageIndonesian student is expected to spend at least 12.3 years in school-above the global average.However, according to the World Bank's Human Capital Index published last month, the learning quality of most Indonesian children receive is only equivalent to 7.9 years in school. The government plans to spend Rp 490 trillion ($33 billion) on education, research and development, and innovation in formal education and vocational training next year, which would be 10 percent more than this year. The minister said it has become more pressing for Indonesiato ensure that the funds allocated to training and the development of valuable skills are well spent, if the country hopes to benefit from the creative economy and faster growth. She noted that local governments, which are responsible for the implementation of education programmes and policies, must improve their capacity to achieve this goal. It's a problem of how we can use this resource in the most effective and also most efficient way, to achieve the best result," Sri Mulyani said. Adopted from: https:/jakartaglobe.id/news/long-way-to-go improve-education-in-indonesia-finance-minister-says/ (5th December 2018) What can we infer from the text?

     Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati said Indonesia still had a long way to go to improve education system, adding that programmes designed and implemented by local governments were key to improving the quality and standard.

     She said Indonesian students often lack critical thinking skills and empathy and that the country must therefore tweak its education system to nurture these values.

     "We recognise that there is still a long way to go for Indonesia to improve the quality of education," Sri Mulyani said at the inauguration of World Conference on Creative Economy in Nusa Dua, Bali, on Wednesday.

     The country has been allocating 20 percent of its annual state budget to education, while the average Indonesian student is expected to spend at least 12.3 years in school-above the global average. However, according to the World Bank's Human Capital Index published last month, the learning quality of most Indonesian children receive is only equivalent to 7.9 years in school.

     The government plans to spend Rp 490 trillion ($33 billion) on education, research and development, and innovation in formal education and vocational training next year, which would be 10 percent more than this year.

     The minister said it has become more pressing for Indonesia to ensure that the funds allocated to training and the development of valuable skills are well spent, if the country hopes to benefit from the creative economy and faster growth. She noted that local governments, which are responsible for the implementation of education programmes and policies, must improve their capacity to achieve this goal. It's a problem of how we can use this resource in the most effective and also most efficient way, to achieve the best result," Sri Mulyani said.

Adopted from: https:/jakartaglobe.id/news/long-way-to-go improve-education-in-indonesia-finance-minister-says/ (5th December 2018)

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