Global School in Little Village Kalibening

FINA Af'idatussofa (14) is not an international school student and not the son of man be. He was born as the son of farmers in the village of Kalibening, three-mile trip south of the city toward Kedungombo Salatiga, Central Java. Because parents can not afford, he was forced to go to school in junior Alternative Qaryah Thayyibah in his village. However, in terms of ability to be competed with students Fina expensive schools that are now mushrooming in Jakarta.
ALTHOUGH school in the village and took shelter in the headmaster's house, for Fina internet not a stranger. He can access the Internet anytime. Every morning practice English in Bahasa Morning. He never won the writing of articles on line in his town. He is also talented in vocal although he said did not want to become a singer.
"If a singer, my job just singing. But, my goal a lot. I wanted to be a presenter, I want to be a writer, song writer, scientist, and many more? I also wanted to travel around the world," said Fina.
SMP alternatives Thayyibah Qaryah officially registered as a Junior Open, the school is often associated as a school to accommodate the poor in order to follow the nine-year compulsory education program. However, alternative junior high school students Qaryah Thayyibah very loving and proud of their school.
0600 new schools have started and ended at 13:30. However, the school hours seemed very short for the students of these schools so that after lunch they usually go back to school. They learn while playing at school until the evening, even they often stay in school.
Qaryah junior pupils really enjoy school Thayyibah indeed. School is something fun. The teacher is not the authoritarian rulers in the class, but a friend of learning. They are free to speak with the teacher in the Java language ngoko, strata are only appropriate language to talk informally with a close friend.
In class they are also very independent. They can be fun to do math problems in jest, there is work on the problems, humming, others play monopoly. The atmosphere of playing it even in kindergarten are now increasingly rare because they were forced by his teacher to read and write.
SMP Qaryah Thayyibah born of concern Bahruddin look at education in the country is increasingly dilapidated and increasingly expensive. In mid-2003 her first child, Hilmy, will enter junior high. Hilmy has gained a place in one junior high schools in Quezon City. However, Bahruddin disturbed by the children of farmers who are unable to pay the money into junior high school who had now reached Rp 750,000, the average fees of Rp 35,000 per month, not to mention money uniforms and book money which amounted to hundreds of thousands of dollars.
"I might be able to, but what about the others?" he said. Bahruddin who became chairman of the pillars of the area in the village and then took the initiative to collect their citizens to offer ideas, what if they make their own schools by establishing an alternative school. Of the 30 neighbors gathered, 12 people dared to put their children to school to try it. To demonstrate its seriousness, Bahruddin also incorporated into the school Hilmy diangan-angankannya.
"I want to create schools that are cheap, but quality. I do not think I would be able to bear children are formidable. The important thing is they can go," said Bahruddin.
Bahruddin adopt a regular junior high school curriculum. He said it was not able to compile their own curriculum. Besides the school will be recognized as a quality school if you can get good grades and get a government-recognized diploma. That's why he chose the format Open Junior. However, he changed the trend of Open Junior just as the agency to divide the diploma by managing their education seriously.
The school was occupied two rooms in the house Bahruddin, previously used for the Secretariat of the Organization of Peasant Qaryah Thayyibah. Number of teachers who teach nine people, all graduates of state Islamic religious institute and most of them peasant activists.
Math teacher was a high school graduate who is now mondok in pesantren. Free internet access 24 hours obtained from an Internet entrepreneur who is interested in Quezon City with the idea Bahruddin. With a minimum investment runs the school.
It turned out that the recognition of the existence of SMP Alternative Qaryah Thayyibah not take long. The average value of junior pupils Qaryah Thayyibah replicates much better than the average value of its parent school, especially for the subjects Mathematics and English.
The school was also impressed, offset the public schools in a quiz contest in Salatiga mastery of subject matter. The school was also represented in the race Salatiga motivation to learn independently at the provincial level, representing Salatiga sent to attend the Convention Asia Pacific Youth Environment in Surabaya. In the test class increases, the average value of English subjects students Qaryah Thayyibah reached 8.86.
SMP alternatives Qaryah Thayyibah also advanced in the art. Under the guidance of music teacher, Soedjono, school children joined in the latitude band sound. The ability of the children in singing the school marching songs and hymns in the English version and Indonesia could be heard when opening the school site address www.pendidikansalatiga.net / qaryah. Children's musical group that has documented the small village of traditional kids songs on cassette, MP3, and video CD album Tembang Dolanan Tempo Doeloe produced well for fundraising. All students can play the guitar, which became mandatory in the school skills.
It's hard to imagine a simple peasant children that each have a computer, guitar, a pair dictionary English-Indonesian and Indonesian-English, one package of BBC English lessons at his home. All was not made free. The children have to manage it all together pocket money amounting to Rp 3,000 children receive from their parents every day. Money amounting to Rp 1,000 is used to repay the purchase of computers. For breakfast, drink milk, honey and snacks each day Rp 1,000, Rp 1,000, while the other for savings in the school. Saving the school was restored for the purposes of students in the form of guitar, dictionaries, and others.
Not surprisingly, the children and their parents are proud of the school. Why not, in schools close to home in a small village they get a lot of things that are not available in schools run by commercial logic.
Ismanto (43) tells his son was down when registering junior secondary schools in Quezon City two years ago. Money influx of Rp 200,000, not including books and uniforms. No one student is at school on foot in addition to his son, Emi Zubaiti (13). Now Emi became a child who is proficient in a variety of subjects, singing smart, and confident. He never imagined could educate Emi, child couples repairman sofa and carrying baskets of herbal medicine, received a good school.
Ismanto even come to enjoy a computer that is credited from his pocket money. Mentored his son, now Ismanto started learning computers. "I never thought I could buy a computer. Now I can actually come to enjoy," said Ismanto.

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