Indonesia experienced a mathematical emergency. At least that is illustrated by the results of the latest research on Improvement of System Education (RISE).
Eradication of Mathematical Illiteracy (Gernas Tastaka), Ahmad Rizali.
According to him, the condition of these emergencies has not moved since 2000. The Indonesian Family Life Survey (IFLS) data in 2000, 2007 and 2014, which represent 83 percent of the Indonesian population, also shows an mathematical emergency.
Emergency occurs because the number of respondents who have competencies is not very high. More than 85 percent of elementary school graduates, 75 percent of junior high school graduates and 55 percent of high school graduates only reach the level of competency in grade 2 students and below. Only a few have grade 4 and 5 competency levels.
"This IFLS survey shows acute student competitiveness. We must not ignore these findings if the Indonesian people want to be better, not go bankrupt or dissolve. Because the quality of human resources of this nation has decreased significantly from year to year," he said.
According to Rizali, for almost 20 years of reform, this nation ignored Indonesia's golden generation competency. As a result, Indonesia's socio-political and economic conditions have always lagged behind those of developed countries.
His party invited all components of the community to synergize and work together in mutual cooperation to carry out this mathematical blind eradication effort.
"Not only the government. But also the wider community. Not only education practitioners. But also students, professionals, private sector, even housewives," he added.
RISE researcher, Niken Rarasati explained, the emergency condition of mathematics for elementary school students to high school students was feared to have an impact on children's ability to think and reason, and solve everyday problems.
"What is called an emergency is that mathematical ability does not develop as the school level increases, which is followed by children. This decline occurs from year to year," he explained.
The low numeracy ability of students in Indonesia is no longer new. The results of the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) test from 2000 to 2015 consistently placed 15-year-old Indonesian students in the lower rank compared to other member countries of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
If examined more deeply, Indonesian children have not been able to apply mathematical procedural knowledge to the problems they face on a daily basis. This result is also confirmed by the results of other international tests such as Trends in the International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS).
Niken also stated that this mathematical emergency was also demonstrated in a government study conducted by the Ministry of Education and Culture (Kemdikbud) through the Indonesian National Assessment Program (INAP) program. Which later changed its name to Assessment of Indonesian Student Competence (AKSI).
"The INAP study conducted by the Ministry of Education and Culture also explained things that were not much different. In 2016, the math competencies of elementary school students were red in total. About 77.13 percent of elementary school students throughout Indonesia had very low mathematical competencies (less), 20.58 percent enough and only 2.29 percent are in the good category, "he said.
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