Distance education has been explicitly set forth in the Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 20 Year 2003 on "National Education System". Formulation of Distance Education seen in Chapter VI points, levels and type in Part Ten of Education Distance Education in Article 31 reads: (1) Distance education is organized in all lines, levels and types of education, (2) Distance education serves provide educational services to community groups who can not follow education in order to face or regular, (3) Distance education is organized in various forms, modes, and the coverage is supported by facilities and service learning and assessment system that ensures the quality of graduates according to national standards education, (4) Provisions on arrangements for distance education as referred to in paragraph (1), subsection (2) and paragraph (3) further stipulated by government regulation.
This shows us that distance education is a government program that needs to be continuously supported. The government felt that the condition of public education we need to continue to be addressed, and certainly needed the right strategy, planned and simultaneous. Has not been touched in an optimal, because a lot of things that also need to be considered and carried out within the framework of improving the quality of government education sector.
Distance education in the initial conditions already run the government through various efforts, either through the Distance Learning developed by the Open University, mapun Distance Education developed by the Center for Communications and Information Technology Ministry of Education, through a multimedia learning program, with junior and high school programs Open, Education and Training Educational Radio.
In connection with that, certainly the target of a distance education program is nothing but provide opportunities to children who have not touched the nation's taste education to a higher level, not even the exception of students who had dropped out of school, both for primary education, secondary education. Similarly, for teachers who have graduate certification SPG / SGO / KPG is because the conditions of serving in remote areas, inland, in mountains, and many were separated between islands, the opportunity to get an education through distance education programs is absolutely wide open. It should be noted that the government has done with various breakthroughs to improve the quality of human resources. Effort is carried out with the localization berkaiatan remote areas, inland is limited by various things, such as transportation, communications, and information. This soon as possible to be anticipated, so the gap left behind by the urban community is not too deep, and soon to be anticipated.
Spirit of regional autonomy to provide fresh air to the implementation of distance education programs. Moreover, when we browse, there are many teachers who have a desire to pursue higher education, but due to limited funds, plus the impossibility to leave the school, the ideals to proceed has not been reached.
However, through distance education programs through multi-media learning patterns of major project by the Center for Technology, Information and Communication (Pustekkom) National Education, is a breath of fresh air for the teachers who educated SPG / SGO to continue their education to Diploma Program Two PGSD. Similarly for the new teachers were recruited through teacher assistance program organized by the Central Government as well as teachers' contracts by local governments, in general, many graduates of SMU / SMK / MA course in terms of quality need to be increased, especially concerning the ability of didactic , methodical and paedogogik still much to learn, because during my education in secondary schools never get those materials. Those need to be given the opportunity to follow the Primary School Teacher Education program (PGSD) for two years.
He said the Technology Center, Communication and Information (Pustekkom) National Education Office in cooperation with LPTK, and Education Office of Provincial / District / City next year to carry out distance education programs, which will be tested for the five provinces across Indonesia, Namely Riau Province, West Sumatera, Papua, Gorontalo, and Ujung Pandang.
Patterns are applied through a multimedia learning program, involving existing LPTK, District / City and Province Pustekkom. Teachers no longer need to leave the task of teaching, and of course the learning process can be effectively implemented as usual. The tutorials and technicians from LPTKs that will come to the area to make the learning process.
There has been a distribution of rights and authority between, LPTK, Pustekkom, Education Department, in the implementation process, and each remains menyatukait, and there are several programs implemented jointly. This has been arranged in accordance with an agreement between LPTK, Education Department, Pustekkom some time ago.
