Reflective Writing 4 _ The Important of Gender Equality in Education

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    Hello readers. Welcome to my blog. Well, in this session I would like to talk about 'Gender Equality in Education'. Happy reading!

Education has a very important role in the process of my personal life. Because education gives me a lot of positives. It can enhance my knowledge, skills, experience, signaling, and social quality. Besides, there are two types of education in Indonesia, namely formal and non-formal education. Both have something in common that emphasizes our abilities and potential. But there are some differences between formal and non-formal education. In formal education, there is a special requirement to be learners while in non-formal education sometimes there is no special requirement. Then formal education learning materials are academic while non-formal is practical. However, in my opinion, education can lead us to have a good personal quality, to prevent us from the blind to global progress, and to have a better life in the future.

In addition, gender equality has a relation with education. In this context, based on my view, that means both men and women have the same rights or opportunities to get the highest education. About three years ago, gender inequality occurred in Indonesia, particularly to a woman. Several factors that cause gender inequality in education that harms women are tradition, social-culture, psychological, and economic. First, this statement is very attached in the society that women are often perceived as weak and just as complementary figures. They thought that women were limited to working in the kitchen, take care of their family and children.  So that it causes many women out there who are lazy in studying, afraid of education, and even at number two to enter the world of education. Because their mindset has changed, that a woman does not need a high education due to they will just return to their nature as a woman or we called as ‘Housewife’. Second, many women who can not continue their education because of economic problems. So, when at the same time men and women are not financially capable, they usually put the man ahead of the woman. The above factors resulted in a woman having a lower education than a man.

On the other hand, it is not only happening to women but also men. A man gets gender inequality also in society. Let me take a sample, for a man who takes culinary art department. People would assume that they were in the wrong department. Cooking is a woman’s job and is unfit for a man. Because men usually prefer the majors to continue their education such as a department of engineering machinery, department of mining engineering, and department of petroleum engineering. Matters have been explained cause gender inequality that occurs in this developing county.

In conclusion, however, time has grown. And from my point of view, gender equality is very crucial, particularly in developing countries. When they can get their rights, they can do and choose what they want in education. They will assume they are precious, worth, and has potential. Then it can also enhance their knowledge, skills, experience, signaling, and social quality. This will bring the positive side and it also benefits the state when they become an A-plus student. Starting with gender equality in education will provide qualified human resources for the country.