Together with the other abroad students from Ghana and India, we exchange dishes. We even make a quick percentage to explain our lovely food. Then we pray together, thank to God for the food. The prayer carried out by all religions in turn. Pray by Christians way, Hindus, then closed with Islam. We definitely applied the concept of "Bhinneka Tunggal Ika" that night. We really appreciate the differencies in cultural, religious and skin. I also believe that diversity problem in Indonesia can be cured by increasing awareness that we do different, but to be united we must accept and respect those differences.
A week goes by with so many agendas from getting a Visa/Student Permitt, opening the program, to having dinner together. The second week quite different, it was filled with an introductory to the education system in Philippines. We have a tour and shown various laboratories that they used in the learning and teaching process. We were also taught to make lesson plans and exchange information related to differences in the education system implemented in Indonesia and Philippines. Indonesia applies the K-13 curriculum while Philippines applies a curriculum called k to 12. From the terms used they are almost similar but the application is different. Indonesia and K-13 apply the concept of learning more easily because some of the material is streamlined and narrowed down but it is still adjusted to international standard learning materials so that the education can be balanced with foreign education. Philippines with k to 12 is designed to provide holistic education for all Filipino s...
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