Let's think globally and act locally!

  

   

Practical Education Center (PEC) is an institution where Yoel Anto, one of Stube-HEMAT Yogyakarta activists is involved in. PEC is developing English education for elementary school students (SD) in the local area. Related with an idea of "thinking globally and acting locally", PEC is trying to construct local level to face global challenges, one of which is English mastery, although there are more other foreign languages spoken globally, such as Chinese, Deutsch and French.

English language helps someone to obtain much information, such as scholarships for study, socio-political news, latest business issues, etc. Yoel believes that building competitiveness at global level must be started by reforming education methods in the local region, one of them is learning foreign language. He has been more motivated to develop these institutions after joining a Global Education Training organized by Stube-HEMAT Yogyakarta.

Students have a responsiblity to build their home region, one of which is the improvement of education quality and quantity, especially foreign languages to face challenges  in the global era. Thus, the responsibility of every local students studying in Yogyakarta is coming home to build their home regions after finishing their study. Students are expected not only master their local and Indonesian language but also  English. By having many skills in foreign languanges, one will be more competitive.

On October 26, 2013, several students of Stube-HEMAT Yogyakarta visited PEC to learn and see the opportunities that can be developed in local area. Foreign language education institution is rare in many local areas, especially in rural areas. That’s why local areas are often lagging behind. Next, welcoming global competition, we should prepare a competitive human resource from a local level.

Let's think globally and act locally! (YDA)