PANCASILA RETURN TO SCHOOL, WHY NOT?

By: Wahyudi Oetomo

Where is the Pancasila are now? Pancasila has been lost? The rise of radicalism and violence in the name of tribe, religion, race, culture and increasingly chronic corruption is believed by some to be caused by the increasingly forgotten and the Pancasila as the state ideology.

Order of reforms, raises the euphoria at the time, and the symbols of the new order is considered as a latent threat that must be landfilled, and Pancasila marginalized participate in the dialectics of national life. Pancasila was in the national education eroded its existence. Pancasila Moral Education (PMP), as a subject changed its name to Citizenship Education (PKN) without any frills Pancasila her.

However, when reforms fail to fulfill their obsession with the majority of the people in the form of welfare and security, now many people miss the days when the new order. Community getting fed up with violence in the media spectacle clad race, ethnicity, religion, and culture. Degradation of the values ​​of the national character has been so sharply implicated in the majority of our society. Just look at the TV footage, clashes between villages, intertribal warfare, fighting between students, between students fighting, bombing places of worship, each blasphemy among the political elite, and corruption is never empty menu on the screen.

Then where did the original character of this nation? Character of Indonesia's population noble character, helpful, welcoming, courtesy, tolerance, and religious has been swallowed by the earth? Leaving the country is constantly in a state losing its original character will make the country increasingly worse, if not the country will disintegrate. There should be a massive movement to grow back the original character of this nation are beginning to lose eroded by age eddies.

In the current educational curricula heavily socialized insertion (integration) the character of the nation in all subjects at school. The world of education is still seen as the most effective medium to regrow character of the nation is slowly but surely being lost in the depths of the country people. Then, if the method is quite effective renewal of the nation's character through the integration of all the subjects taught begin primary education up to senior secondary?

Why not choose the way of reviving the nation's cultural values ​​through civic education format returns to the Pancasila moral education? According to the survey of the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) of about 80 per cent of people see it as something that needed Pancasila and Pancasila is a pillar of the community realize the life of the nation. Former President BJ. Habibie, the Pancasila Day commemoration speech in Jakarta, (June 1, 2011) if the government finally agreed to restore Pancasila school.

How does that fit formats Pancasila returns to school up to the Ministry of National Education (MONE). Could restore civics lessons into PMP, can also be integrated into existing subjects, or in the form of local content. There should be a study that really in the presentation format of Pancasila education in all levels of education. Because if not, planting the values ​​of Pancasila will only be verbal theories that never dwells in the soul of the learner.

Pancasila Moral Education (PMP) and upgrading P4 (Guidelines appreciation and practice of Pancasila), were eliminated in the national educational content in an era of reform because it is seen as part of a symbol of the new order. Fortunately, every Monday flag ceremony, Pancasila text still echoed, so that our children can still hear the word and precepts-Pancasila principles are. When order reform incapable to realize the dream of many people's well-being and security, many people miss the New Order era, including the majority of people want the Pancasila back taught in school. The desire was based on the fact the more the loss of the original character of this nation eroded vortex of time and the onslaught of foreign culture.

When this nation began to lose its original character Kemendiknas incessant socializing integrating national character values ​​in all subjects at all levels of education. Our educational curriculum is often colored by the emergence of an impromptu program is not carefully conceptualized and instant. Several years ago there ever IMTAQ integration program in all subjects, the program is now almost without trace. If the program is the integration of national character values ​​in all subjects without a clear concept and planned his fate will be the same as the previous programs were lost without trace.

Elementary to secondary education curriculum, according to many observers to be too dense. Incorporating lessons Pancasila values ​​in the existing curriculum seems impossible, pity our children are too many lessons to be learned. Integrating with citizenship lessons as age PMP is an alternative that may be selected. Or enhance the character of the nation's integration into the integration of the values ​​of Pancasila in existing subjects felt more realistic.

Key to the success of cultivation of the values, including the values ​​of Pancasila in schools is contextual learning and real experience. Learners need to sample the real action, not verbal theories are not facts. School is a miniature society which must be consistent with the real world outside of school. When learners are taught in school culture queued through direct experience, but outside of school when they do not see the culture adopted by the majority of society, the assessment values ​​in the school will be in vain.

Finally, the authors hope the desire to restore Pancasila education in schools by some people, studied by the Ministry of Education. Do not let the program when it is launched there is a growing controversy in society so that the program is ineffective and ultimately terminated. We all hope this country still remains sturdy upright with its original character, if it can be realized with Pancasila returns to school, why not? Hopefully.