Curriculum 2013 started to be implented on the school academic year 2013/2014.

Although it has been

officially used but the latest curriculum is still still raising the pros and cons among educational
practitioners.

Those who support it state that Curriculum 2013 is actually aiming to solidify the lessons so it does not
burden the students. As a result, students will focus on the challenges of the future of the nation. So also
with the teachers, they are not burdened in the preparation of the Education Unit Level Curriculum.

Further Curriculum 2013 itself is actually not something new. Curriculum 2013 is a combination of two
kinds of earlier educational curriculum in Indonesia; CBSA (active student learning) and KTSP (education
level curriculum). It is very advategeous as CBSA teaches students to be critical.

Conversely, those who do not agree with Curriculum 2013 state the new curriculum is less focus because
it combines the learning subjects. In primary school it combines science subjects with Indonesian.
According to them combining two subjects into one material may not be effective as it does not consider
teacher’s competences in most of schools in different regions in Indonesia.

Some parents also do not aggree with Curriculum 2013 as they still want that English is given to students
from primary school. They argue that mastering foreign language need long time and prcess and it is
good if statred from earlier. They added that many sources of common knowledges is written in foreign
language, especially English.

The reason for the application of Curriculum 2013 also does not have a strong foundation. There is no in-
depth study of the causes of the failure of previous curriculum which makes it to be replaced with the
new one

Finally the pros and cons are always there. Curriculum 2013 has been already implemented. Will this
new curriculum successfully lead education in Indonesia to move forward? We’re all going to see it.