Curriculum 2013

Curriculum is a method which is made consisting of some orientations as a planning in

education. It is needed to reach the aims of education in a country. Nowadays in Indonesia,
created a curriculum named “Curriculum 2013”. Curriculum 2013 started to be implented on
the school academic year 2013/2014. Although it has been officially used but the latest
curriculum is still raising the pros and cons among educational practitioners. Reason of the
ministry, the education curriculum should be adapted to the times. As time change, the
curriculum should be based on the strongest of reasoning is no longer memorization alone.
Curriculum change is getting a lot of positive and negative feedback from students in
Indonesia.

Those who support it state that Curriculum 2013 is actually aiming for solidify the
lessons so it does not burden the students. As a result, students will focus on the challenges of
the future of the nation. This curriculum changes made to change the pattern of Indonesian
children make creative thinking by relying on his senses. So also with the teachers, they are
not burdened in the preparation of the Education Unit Level Curriculum.

Further Curriculum 2013 itself is actually not something new. Curriculum 2013 is a
combination of two kinds of previous educational curriculum in Indonesia; CBSA (active
student learning) and KTSP (education level curriculum). It is very advational as CBSA
teaches students to be critical.

Conversely, those who do not agree with Curriculum 2013 state the new curriculum is
less focus because it combines the learning subjects. Incorporate students, because the lesson
plus the students have a maximum time limit of concentration in learning. The number of
hours is too much. The number of student time in school to study and follow the
extracurricular required in the provisions of Curriculum 2013.

However, the reason for the application of Curriculum 2013 does not have a strong
foundation. Besides many teachers, parents or even students that do not agree with its
application because it seems that the curriculum is made without looking at the reality in
Indonesia. It also has to be noted that there is no in-depth study of the causes of the failure of
the previous curriculum; KTSP, which makes KTSP have to be replaced with a new
curriculum.

Finally the pros and cons are always there. Curriculum 2013 has been already
implemented. Will this new curriculum successfully lead education in Indonesia to move
forward? We're all going to see it.