Education Is Not a Commodity

KOMPAS/WISNU WIDIANTORO

Minister of Research, Technology and Higher Education M Nasir attended a working meeting with Commission VII at the Parliament Complex, Senayan, Jakarta, Tuesday (30/1/2018). The meeting discussed plans for foreign universities to open universities in Indonesia.

JAKARTA, KOMPAS - Since the establishment of the Indonesian state, the nation has agreed that education is the right of every citizen. Education is also the main prerequisite for achieving and maintaining the four national goals stated in the preamble to the 1945 Constitution, namely protecting the entire Indonesian people and the whole nation, improving public welfare, enriching the life of the nation and participating in carrying out the world order.

Therefore, education should not be treated as a commodity. Categorizing education as a business activity, even though just as a service business, has the potential to turn education into a commodity.