Picture is a media or art that is able to show what the photographer wants to tell to the people. This term shows us how pictures can help in exploring, spreading what we want, especially in doing campaign.

I believe that, the achievement of Millennium Development Goals need hands from all elements of people: businessmen, teachers, motivators, politicians, youths, and other. In this case, most of youths, in their daily life, they love to take pictures with their friends, moments, and others. For all youths in the world, let's show your creativity through picture which the purpose is to campaign the achievement of MDGs.

Each youth just needs to spend or take 1 picture in one day based on the reality they find in their daily activity. Through this, the encourage of loving and caring with all people in this world will be raised.

So, let's start from one click from your camera. From your mobile, perhaps! Or from your pocket camera!

I believe you can do it!
Let's do it!!

Written by:

Iswahyudhi Nur Rahman

In this last 20 years, Indonesia has made improvement in elementary school sector. It has been proved by children in 7 – 12 years have studied reached 94 percents. Although, this country need educational problems relate on system that is not efficient and low quality. They are proved, for example, there are 2 millions children that cannot finish their study.

Indonesia hasn’t achieved in guarantying the right of education for all children. There are problems that must be faced; they’re like teacher qualification, effective teaching method, school management and people involvement. There are children in 3 to 6 years cannot get learning and teaching (kindergarten) in villages.

Indonesian children are in unreached places and conflict places have to study in unconditional school for learning because the budgetary from government is not enough. The teaching method is still oriented to teacher, and children are not given a chance to understand their selves. This method is almost dominated all schools in Indonesia. Moreover, children in low economic are not motivated from the experience of learning at school. Especially, the tuition fee is not be able to reach for them.

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The expense of studying in schools has been an issue that has been raised by the President Candidates of Indonesia, 2009. They promised for people of Indonesia, there will be not expenses anymore for children and teenagers who wants to study in nation schools of Indonesia. In contrast, the realization is on going. School would not take any charge to parents in purpose to let their children are able to go to school. The problem is the school itself. The expense could be free, but how about the quality of school? How about the quality of the teachers? These all have been questions for us to answer it.

We want everything that relate with school has to be free. In Indonesia, International School is starting to move on as part of schools that bring quality that could bring satisfaction to the parents. The system is more modern and the teachers have great experiences of teaching or I could say they are professional in teaching students. The facility is modern and appropriated with students' need. The environment is sustainable to study as an outdoor activities. If parents want having all the facilities that could make their children experienced from that schools. They have to pay with expensive amount of cost. It could be 5 until 10 millions Rupiahs just for Elementary School. What about the Junior High School and Senior High School?

The condition will be different if we to have see the schools that are owned by government, especially elementary school. In the capital city or main city. The school could be appropriate to make an experienced students. In contrast, schools in small towns, or villages, are hard to be touched by government. The facilities are limited. The atmosphere of school also different with the school in cities. But you can study there in free. Although, we will have lots of questions about the teachers quality until the quantity of them and the school.

The purpose of government in making policy about free expense in education could help Indonesia achieves the MDGs that occurs in each provinces. The percentage of children that could not achieve education is able to be pressed, at least. But the innovations are needed from youths that are capable in their skills in Indonesia building.

Indonesian Youths that have skills have to be facilitated by government. The hands of government are needed in Indonesia building, especially in achieving Indonesia in facing international global trade by improving the education in Indonesia.

Written by:

Iswahyudhi N. R

No one believe with spirit can do everything. Spirit is the believe that should be believed by ourselves. Spirit rises from dream. We need dream.

Dream is a small imagination which is gone by the time, by the ages. The truth, we need it until we're really gone from this world. Dream is an aim from human imagination, and it can be revealed by one weapon, it is spirit.

Spirit can destroy everything. With spirit, you can win from the smart people. With spirit you can through the limit. With the spirit, you will get the beautiful present from a God.

You never know what will happen in the future, but you can make it, dream it, and find the way to reach it. Again, you need spirit.

When you have a dream, you must have a spirit. You just need use your hands much, your legs much,your brain much, and in the end you need to pray. Don't worry about your rivals, don't care about the situation, don't be shy with the game, you need to face it with one believe.

Believe in yourself,
Believe in your dream,
Believe in your hands,
Believe in your legs,
Believe in your minds,
Believe in your God,

You know, the result of your hard work to reach your dream is the story about how did you reach it...

And,

It's so beautiful story...
When you remain the dream, you never know that tears will be falling unconsciously.

Written by: N.R. Iswahyudhi

When we were at school, we had found famous people in our lesson. It was happened because we needed the icon for ourselves. We have known Albert Einstein, Isaac Newton, and others. In fact, those person were famous but not for some people who really admired or chose them as their figure in purpose to build a motivation.

Less motivation could bring laziness to people, especially children and teenagers. In this case, they should find their own icon, but no one will do it as their purpose to. From that reason, its reason could be something called “Fun”. Yes, in raising our motivation is really hard if we have been influenced by fun activities. For example, it’s playing something with a friend, playing computer game or gathering with gang on the sidewalk. If they want to gather for doing something right, it’s like making homework, discussing issues and finding solution of problem, it could not be a big deal. But, in fact, just a several children or youth are doing such kind of better activities.

When children or teenagers do not have an icon or something could raise their motivation, parents have a big responsibility for it. So what parents can do for it? At first, start to invite them to have a little discussion about everything, as the first step, let’s bring their favorite interest in talking, after that, let’s give a problem and find a solution. That’s a simple way. But, sometime parents are fully busy with their own activities, when they have a time for their children, they didn’t notice it.

From those problems, for children and teenagers who wants to raising their motivation. This is the great way and it’s of course “fun”. The question is “what is it?”

Talk show could be our solution. But, what kind of talk show?
In Indonesia, we have known about Empat Mata. It is the famous talk show in Indonesia, because the Master of Ceremony is the ugly person. But, in fact that he is rich and famous. How it could be? If we are looking from the content of talk show, it could be not really interesting and could raise our motivation. But, the way of talk show process is really fun and exciting. But, don’t forget, the main point in here is the icon, the Master of Ceremony. He’s maybe not handsome like famous actors in Indonesia, but he could be famous with something else. So, from the statement, we could make a conclusion that we should find our secret skill. With it, you could be famous like him. But don’t forget to try and in you failed, please try again. No give up in your life dictionary.

How about if it didn’t work on me?
Let’s find another talk show! But, what is it?
Kick Andy, it’s a talk show where the guests are not actress, actor, or the great person as you known. But who are they? The answer, they are people who never give up and finally they have reached what they dreamed for. This is the wonderful talk show and it’s entertaining. If you watch it, you could be known what kinds of difficulty where they found when they were working for reaching their dream. Sometime, you could cry, but you also could laugh. But, the main point in here, it’s you have to be like them. Working hard from the beginning and you will get the result in the end, if no, try again and find the other path, reach it until you know you have gotten it.

But they are unknown person and poor person sometime, how could be the icon for us?
The question above is the answer! Unknown people or poor person sometime could be an icon. To be an icon, it doesn’t mean they have to be famous first, but, they must be a hero for them at first, hero for environment, hero for people, and it’s deeply closed as a secret until it’s revealed by itself, or maybe revealed by Kick Andy.

Beside an icon, you will get the new information and great topic to discuss with friends. So, what are you waiting for? Let’s find the greatest talk show, in Indonesia if you are Indonesian, but, if you interest in world issues and icons from other country, you can watch Oprah. Let’s turn on your TV and find something interesting but also could raising your motivation, interest, and knowledge.

"School is the place for studying and playing. This is the place for children."

Indonesian MDGs' Report reported the second goal of MDGS had been succeed. In fact, it has not succeed yet. Indonesia has many villages that cannot be reached by land vehicles. This situation makes new problem. Some school in those villages hard to reach and schools are seldom to get aids from the government. The building can not be maintained by the government. The schools look like so perish.

This situation is never known by the government. Actually, they noticed it, but no action.

This is the real school in Indonesia.
What people can do with this situation?
Where is the brave man who could solve this problem?

We need your hand, we need your action...
Let's move forward, let's reach children hands, help them!
They need a someone who could bring them to the future, bring them to reach their hands.

Full of fantasy! They are, the children...
School, needs them...
School, needs us...
Rise your hand...
Campaign!!!
They need education for standing in the real era...

Indonesia,
I love you...

Erau, is the oldest ceremonial of Kutai Tribes in East Kalimantan, Indonesia. The ceremonial is being held for celebrating the new king of Kutai Kartanegara Kingdom for long long ago. And now, this celebration has became the ceremonial of Tenggarong city anniversary.

This ceremonial will show the traditional dance (the original of Dayaks' damce, and Kutais' dance). This ceremonial also show "Beluluh" ritual which is done by the King of Kutai. The process of this ritual was started by reading the spell of the high shaman called "Belian" and together with one woman as the female shaman, called "Dewa" (God). Ten minuets after it, The King HAM Salehoeddin II got move to the middle of room. The King sat down on his chair that was made by yellow bamboo. Belian sang a spell in the process of ritual.

The Beluluh ritual was ended by Ketikai ritual which was opened by the King.

After this ritual had been done, the Kutai Prince did the same thing, and did the Ketikai ritual in the end.

This ceremonial was the opening of Erau Ceremonial that is holding in this week. This ceremonial will be ended by dropping the dragon to the Mahakam River, after that, the ritual will be continued with "Limburan" ritual where the people will spread the water to the other people who is crossing the street.

This celebration is helding for support the Indonesia Visit 2008 program from the central government.

Written by: Iswahyudhi N. R

There is not all of youth known about Millennium Development Goals. But, they know about what is happening in their country. In developed country, it’s common if youths know much about MDGS. How is about in developing country?

The situation above has been solved by youths itself. It is awareness campaign as the solution. Doing the campaign is the easiest that can we do for our world. But, before that, we have to do something, something as we known as an action. And these are my ideas:

1st action: Gathering friend.
Objective: Making a group for action toward MDGs achievement.

Gather your friends in one place, especially your close friends. For example, it’s your house. There, you have to do kind of presentation about world issues which are pressing our country. The authentic proves is needed in here. So, you must find proves from media, for example in internet and newspapers. These proves have a role as the making an awareness. When you are presenting the world situation, you have to present what is MDGs to your friends if they don’t know about it. The members are no need to much. You can do action with 6 until 10 persons or members in your group.

After you have finished your presentation, tell your reason in that gathering. Tell them your vision and mission as your purpose in making action group. And, in the end, you have to put a name for your group. In your group, tries no mentor, no leader, or no lower member. You have a same privilege. If you can do it, if you are enjoying with the management, it doesn’t matter too.

2nd action: Visiting village.
Objective: Gathering MDGs situation information at the village that is you visiting.

Bring your group to the small village in your country, if you can, try to go to hinterland. Ask the people there about 7 goals of MDGs which are happening in there, but do not touch MDGs in directly because they don’t know about it. Try to close with them using friendly approach.

If you need the statistic files, you can ask the village administration in there. If it is still not enough, you can ask the Statistics Agency in your district or city where you live. These files will help you to know about what should you do for youth action in that village someday. Which one is the majority goal that should be done by your group, and make those problems in a list.

3rd action: Design the action
Objective: Provide the action design for MDGs achievement.

This is the third step. Your group must discuss about the model of action. What kind of action that suitable on the problems which faced by people in the village that has been visited by you? Find it by discussion.

What kinds of action are they? The actions must be the real action. For example, you can do a teaching reading and writing program to children and illiterate people in village that have been observed by your group. But, at first you have to make a step or design about how to do it, what is the first step of it or how to begin? That is the function of this design.

O ya, I almost forget, try to make an action that could not spend much money; at least your group can get the funds by your group members. It should be like a trip where you can spend much money for it. So, why not for this project?

4th action: Let’s go!
Objective: Implementation of Action.

Simple! Let’s Do the design, make documentations about your group works, and make it as your lovely trip or adventure. But, don’t forget that you need time to stay there. You must have a good fund of it. But, how could we find the funds?

For find funds or sponsors for your action, you can do your own contributions and all of your friends in group. You also can find them with make a partnership with government, by making a short proposal.

5th action: Publication of Action
Objective: Let people know about what have you done for your place, your province/state, your country, especially for youths in your place.

Publish your activity (action) from newspaper, web, blog, or other media that could be known by most of people, especially for youths in where you live. Try to approach youths using media of information that they use mostly. It can help in raising the awareness to them.

6th action: Let’s go to school
Objective: Campaign about MDGs, your group, your action, and gathering new members.

Write a letter to the high school about your group will do a visitation to the school. I think the principle will appreciate your action.

Use the documentations that you have when you were doing your action in hinterland or small village as evidences of situation. Tell the students about what MDGs stand for and what are they? Tell about children and youths role in MDGs.

From this action, you have to give the information about MDGs, but don’t forget to give information about your group. Tell them about your group purpose to. Tell them about they can do the same thing with you. Tell them about how to start. In the end, if they don’t know about how to make a group or start the action, just invite them to your group.

7th action: Evaluation and Find the Next Action
Objective: Finding the mistakes from your action about what are the insufficiencies about your action and your group? And find the next action by the same way (from 1st until 7th).

Just do the evaluation about your action. You have to know how success your action, if the percentage is enough you can do the next action, if it’s not, you have to find the other action but have a same target with your last action. Make the new designs.

8th action:Celebration
Objective: Awarding your action.

We need to celebrate something after we have done something. This idea is needed for personal or group. The celebration can give the positive aura for our spirit in doing something. When your works have been awarded, you will be satisfied and you will want it again. So, it can bring the new spirit and new idea for you. If you celebrate your action with your entire group by something fun, no doubt, you will feel the satisfaction on your work, yourself, and pride to your group.
Next action will be easy, at least.

Last action: Have fun with it!

Just think all of actions that have been done by you are fun. Good appreciation, positive estimation or thinking, and positive works can make all of works become so full of fun.

“If you cannot talk, just do it by your brain, hand, and your smile…”
“Think if world can be reached by your hand…”
“See the world by your own hand, own skills, own dream…”
“We have one dream, that is live in peace…”

XPEC (Extra Pandir English Club) has been learned about how to make an online on website in September 10th, 2008. This workshop was held in XPEC headquarter, Samarinda City, East Borneo, Indonesia. This workshop was presented by Engage Media from Australia.

In this workshop, the XPEC members were so glad when this club or community was chosen to be the representative of East Borneo to join the workshop.

Engage Media gave the basic of encoding and video conversion. Basics of them were presented by Anna Helme and her friends.

Beside about the basic of encoding and video conversion, Anna Helme also presented the codec and format which are compatible with the Engage Media site. This organization also gives the site for upload our video. It’s same with Youtube, but it’s not same with it.

EngageMedia.org:
The video, donations revenue – producers – not yet. It different with youtube where the video will be advertising revenue – shareholder.

The download feature is for redistribution. In youtube.com, it will be streaming – no redistribution.

Creative commons – producer choice. In youtube.com, it will be licensed for youtube – for their re-use.

In EngageMedia.org, there uses free software platform. In youtube.com, it’s closed software platform.

No sale in EngageMedia.org, here has community management. In youtube.com, it will be sold to Google – Google ads.

So, you could share your video to people whole the world by using EngageMedia.org. In this organization, it moves in independently produced, social-justice, environmental, Asia-Pacific. In other hand, if you have made a video which related with world or local issues, you could share it in here. Not just about it, if you have a short movie, you also can share it here. If it a campaign, you can share it too. So, what are you waiting for?

Now, we could share everything about world issues or campaign it by short movie or short video. You can make it from your own mobile, or if you want promote it, EngageMedia.org has the embed code for you. If they need your video, they can download it in free or known by you.

In MDGs campaign, we can use this site for promote our video about MDGs campaign, your acts for MDGs achievement, or else. From this site, we will open our brain about movie and world issues.

Now, we have another site to help us to spread our voice for our world, for our future, for ourselves, for our country, for our trust, for our family, for MDGs achievement.

Let’s put your voice and your acts for MDGs achievement.

Written By:
Iswahyudhi

I think, I have to read
I think, it’s Yes. Issues are from MDGs is really important, although it’s like so simple because it’s concerned to quantitative. For example, in Education sector, it was fine with 94.7% children were listed in Elementary school. But, when their school had leaky roofs, or just had limited book, and in the end teachers were incompetence so for children who have to go to school had gotten qualified education. Unfortunately, the education target in MDGs have not concerned or studied the quality aspect.

How could be?
The reason is it is more difficult than measuring the quality, although it’s not impossible. You can predict the quality of teachers, pr examination result, but it will be difficult when we measure and get the information of quality. This case brings us to the next hug problem. In big country and coloring, Indonesia. The national rate is not enough. For example, the hope of life in national is in 68 years. But, it is varying between 73 years old in Yogyakarta until 61 years old in Nusa Tenggara Timur. Besides, the province rate doesn’t break the district condition. So, in majority, the MDGs files have a limitation.

So, it’s too useless
Do not take the early decision. MDGs are not about the measurement and rate, but they will push us for doing something real. Preventing the death of mother is more important when we are just counting the rate of mothers died when they are born a child. The important thing is not just counting how many Indonesia’s children which in severe or moderate underweight, but also making sure that all children will get the good nutrient. One of the MDGs’ benefits is the kinds of problems which have been brought to the big attention for all elements, including people in wide. But, the report about the improvement of MDGs in district is also needed.

So, what for the National Report of MDGs is made?
Let’s think this is as the beginning point as a way of introducing the kinds of problems in generally. So, people in all of country can think and find the solutions. A national report can be added in to the international system which has a role to note the achievements of MDGs in whole of the world.

Written by Iswahyudhi

3rd Goal: Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women
Target 4: Eliminating the lameness of gender in elementary and high education, it must be better than in 2005, and this elimination must be going on at least in 2015

The main indicator is the ratio of women and men in elementary, junior high and senior high education. In Indonesia, all of them have been reached with 99.4% of elementary school rate, 99.9% in junior high school, and 100.0% in senior high school, and 102.5% in university.

Second indicator is the ratio of awaken of letters (reading skill) for women to men in distance 15-24 years old. In here, we (Indonesia) have reached the target with ratio 99.9%.

Third indicator is the women contribution in paid, non-agriculture sector. In here, we are far from the equality. The rate is just 33%.

The forth indicator is the proportion of women in parliament where the proportion for now, it is just 11.3%

These all are the forth target for Indonesia toward achieving Millennium Development Goals

Written by Iswahyudhi

PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT
IX BAHASA CONGRESS
Jakarta, 28 October – 1 November 2008

What have been done in the passed of national evocation of this nation in a century? The raising of independence of struggle organization, Boedi Oetomo, in 1908, he had been raised the awareness of being involved for youth in organization in struggling the independence in Indonesia. Two years later, the born of politic attitude of Indonesian youth was a confession of ‘one land, it is Indonesia, one nation, it is Indonesian, and holding high the unitary language, it is Bahasa’. Ten years passed, the first Bahasa congress had been celebrated in Surakarta in 1938 which the one of recommendation was the making of Bahasa glossaries or terms. Seven years passed, Proclamation of Independence Day was echoed and the next day, Bahasa was declared as the nation language of Indonesia. Second congress of Bahasa was carried out in 1954, in Medan. Next, the third until seventh Bahasa Congress was carried out. Congress will be carried out every five years after it.

In 2008, Pusat Bahasa (PB) will be carried out the Ninth Bahasa Congress where it will be carried out with the 60th anniversary of PB, 80 years of Sumpah Pemuda, 100 years of National Evocation, and Year of Language. In that congress will be discussed about the place, function, and Bahasa, local language, foreign language domains, and also the improvement of Indonesian literature; for teaching Bahasa and its literature, including Bahasa for Foreign Speaker (BIPA); Bahasa test; the improvement of Bahasa; and Laws of Bahasa.

The Ninth Bahasa Congress will be celebrated or carried out in Jakarta, 28 October until November 1, 2008. From this congress, it will be excited by the launching of (1) Indonesian Native Languages Map, (2) The Forth Great Bahasa Dictionary, (3) Thesaurus of Bahasa, (4) Encyclopedia of Bahasa Literature, (5) The Forth Edition of Grammar Book, (6) The Grammar Book of Bahasa for Teacher. Besides, it will be shown in the stage of Bahasa literature/art and exhibition of language and literature.

Terms:
- Pusat Bahasa (PB): Language Centre
- Bahasa: Indonesian Language
- Sumpah Pemuda: Youth Promises
- Bahasa Indonesia untuk Penutur Asing (BIPA): Bahasa for Foreign Speaker

Written by:


Iswahyudhi
Bahasa Ambassador 2007

How long?
It’s based on the department. For government, it’s used to easy in repairing the education sector better than health sector. The improvement of education sector is commonly caused by school. Meanwhile, the improvement in health sector is needed more than the effective service. Other factor is someone smoking, or does someone have a good pole of eating have a significant role. In other hand, whatever the sector, it’s possible in deciding the target and working on the achievement. For example, we can make everybody can drink a health water in certain time persistently. It is also in combating malaria, dengue, or preventing flood and traffic jam. Of course, there is something in its achievement. It needs more time longer than others.

Who have decided the targets?
It could be anyone. You? For example. You can decide the target for community, school, or health centre around you. It’s also the local government could decide the target of new health centre development, or school class room. The main government could do the same thing too. Actually, in this time, both of them had done those things. For example, there was taget in achieving the 9 years primary education in 2009. And the same thing was also happened in global level. Especially it’s based on the international agreement. Since around 20 years, there had many international meetings which Indonesia was joined with world countries in declaring the global target based on the household production, education for all, and also combating all diseases, it’s like malaria and HIV/AIDS. And could be, you all have never known or heard about it. But there is still much target which should be the target with all of world people.

Okay, but do they have something to do with me?
Maybe, you feel all of them are not your business. Meanwhile, all countries are merged in United Nation, including Indonesia. They had tried to carry and give lots of targets of development which are not socialized. In September, 2000, all of world leaders had met in New York for declaring “Millennium Declaration” as one of willing in creating conducive environment for development and eradication of poverty. For making all of it become true, they had formulated 8 Millennium Development Goals.

Are they just eight?
Correctly, it has eight general goals. They consist of poverty, health, and the empowering women. But, in every goal has “targets” which more specified and calculated. Related the improvement women role, for example, it has been targeted the amount of equality of women and men in school. It’s also the how much women work or sitting down in parlement. Those eight millennium goals are consisted poverty, education gender equality, children mortality, maternal health, and several main diseases, environment, and global issues which related with aid commerce and debt.

So, we are trying against poverty and diseases. I think, it’s hard to achieve.
As you know that all goals which had been declared are realistic enough. There are long term targets for achieve poverty until it is done. But, the MDGs are just decided the reducing as the poverty become a half. Meanwhile, for HIV/AIDS, the goals are pressing the spreading of epidemic, and for the education, the target is more ambitious. It is making sure that 100% children have gotten the primary education.

When all of goals could be reached?
The biggest parts of them are targeted in 2015, with the 1990 as the main value. For example, in Indonesia, the proposition of people who live in under of poverty line in 1990 was around 15.1%. In 2015, we must able to reduce the rate become a half, there is 7.5%

What have we achieved?
Based on the poverty problem, there is no big improvement which has been achieved. In 2007, the our rate of poor people (16.6%) was still higher than 1990. So, in next eight years, there is many things must be done by us. Meanwhile, for several other goals of MDGs, we must success. For example, in rate of children participation in elementary school have been reached 94.7%. But, if we more careful in detail, the condition of poverty were not bad based on the rate has been shown in the report progress MDGs in Indonesia based on Indonesian Advocates. Contrast, the condition of education is not better than the rate above. If you want to know, you can read the report if you want to know much about it.

Written by:


Iswahyudhi

Language is the method of human communication, either spoken or written, consisting of the use of words in a structured and conventional way or the system of communication used by a particular community or country. Language also has become the important part in our life could explain about our nation, where we live, what environmental we stay or live.

There has prediction about around 100 languages from 6500 languages will be disappeared in every year. More or less 100 languages that are spoken in California and more than 200 languages of Aborigine in Australia have disappeared. I have predicted that half of languages in world will be disappeared in next century. The question is how about the existence of our native languages in next 20 years?

I have predicted that half of language in the world will be totally disappeared in next 20 years. This prediction could be proven by evidences. In California and Oregon, Wailaki, Nongati, Lassik, Sinkyone, Umpqua, Coquille, Appelegate, and Cheto have died. As we know that, Ubykh, a language in Turkey has died in 1992. In USA, Kalapuya just has 1 or two speakers. Cowlitz just has possibility 2 speakers remaining from population of about 200. Coptic, a language has been replaced by Arabic. How about Ainu, a language in Hokkaido, Japan? How about in Indonesia?

Based on opinion above, the extinction of language has become the very important issue in science. I am apprehensive in this situation, but we also don’t know about hundred languages have not identified yet. Without documentation and revitalization efforts, language as an accumulation of human knowledge or science will be totally disappeared, or may be lost without documentation.

This phenomenon is effect of bilingualism. Nation language has a role in “pulling over” the native languages, because of politic. In economic, nation language is more important than native language. As the result, nation language is going to grown and local language has leaved behind. The tendency of nation language as the mother language in daily communication also gives an effort in making a local language as the one of extinct languages. Besides, the rapid of morality, the descending of local languages user in some of region will be descended by intermarriage of ethnic which bring nation language as their daily language.

Based on Atlas of the World’s Language in Danger of Disappearing, UNESCO, Indonesia has more than 640 local languages which more than 400 languages of Malayo-Polinesia and 240 languages are Papua Languages (2001:40). From that amount, more or less 154 languages must be revitalized, 135 languages have classified as extinct language and 15 languages absolutely are died. If this situation is growing fast, I am afraid that could be happened in other local languages in Indonesia.

This situation will bring the new problem in next 20 years. The pressure of nation and international languages toward local languages could kill 2000 languages from 6500 languages in the world based on the prediction above. This condition could be more complex if the extinction of language is faster than before. Not only 2000 languages could be disappeared in this world but also the unknown languages that never be recorded in world document are lost, too.

The most languages are used by speaker will be the main problem in destroying local languages. Technology and media of information have used English and common language that used by people. The value of language will appear in international languages. International language has become the daily language for people and they will forget about their local language. No doubt, if we do not have the way in preventing our local language from extinction, our nation language could be disappeared.

We have to know local languages are our precious literatures and assets. A language could explain who we are and what tribe we are. If this happened, we have made the new era in next 20 years. No local languages anymore in our world.

From here, we must find the way out in preventing our local language from the extinction. The first act as the preventing action, we can start from making a local fairytale movie with local language as the main language. In local advertisement, we can use local inviting expression language. Second, we can start on internet. We invite government to make a site for local language. For example, Kutai Kartanegara (a regency in East Kalimantan) has own site about Kutai language. In this site, we can find news, funniest stories, and share everything in Kutai Language. Third, we must show local languages are fun and popular by performing local language in theater. We also can use short story as the medium for preserving local language. Forth, we can preserve local language by doing a festival of traditional, customs, and traditional popular music. If we can do this preventing continual in every year, I believe we have descended the disappearing of language in the world. Besides, we also do not forget that we have lost some language in the world and we must to revive those languages. For example, Japan has tried to revive Ainu from extinction. Just eight people spoke Ainu on the island of Hokkaido in the late 1980s, but now it is being revived after years of ostracism and decline. It is a proof that we could revive our extinct language. But, it is still return to the people who want to revive our heritage from extinction. If majority people don’t think about how important local language, we was trapped in one language in our future.

In our hand, we purpose about where will we bring local language in this world? Disappear or die?
Let’s we hold out our local languages and protect them from the extinction!

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Iswahyudhi

2nd Goal: Achieve the Universal Primary Education
Target 3: Make sure there in 2015 all of children, girl or boy will able to finish the primary education in complete.

There are 2 relevant indicators. First, for the participation in elementary school, Indonesia has achieved 94.7% as a rate. Based on the condition, we could reach the 100% as the target in 2015. Second indicator is related with graduation. It’s the proposition of children who was started from 1st year and success achieved in 5th year of elementary school. For Indonesia the proposition 2004/2005 was 82%. But, elementary school has 6 year as the graduation rate. Because of it, for Indonesia, I thought it was suited when we saw the achievement until 6th grade. The total was 77% where it tends to increase. It has meaning we can reach the target/goal. The graduation data was used in this report based on Departemen Pendidikan Nasional. It was based on the data of school registration. It was different with Susenas (2004) where they had calculated the value which it was bigger, it was around 95%. The third indicator for this achievement was capability in reading for people in range 15-24 years old. In this case, we had been good enough in achievement 99.4%. Although, the quality of it was high. Because, the test of reading and writing from Susenas was too simple.

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Iswahyudhi