PENINGKATAN PROFESIONALISME GURU BAHASA INDONESIA

Abstract: Changes in the educational system in Indonesia aim to meet the demands of the era, including the science and technology, economic, social, political advancements and society’s structure. Education funnctions as an accelerator for such advancements so that it requires ideal program. Subject matter teachers are expected to be able to understand and implement such program in order to attain the advancements. However, in practice, there are a lot of constraints. Some constrains concern the human resources and this results in education of low quality. Such constraints can be overcome through a policy and strategy focusing on decentralization and autonomy in education. It is necesarry to improve teacher professionalism by eliminating obstacles through teacher trainings to get rid of personal, economic, structural, social, and culturl constraints. Todo so, it needs the goverment’s politica will, teacher cimmitment, and society involvement