RECOUNT TEXT PART 4

RECOUNT TEXT
BIOGRAFI THE HERO OF COUNTRY

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Ki Hajar Dewantara

Soewardi Soerjaningrat or better known as Ki Hadjar Dewantara was born in Yogyakarta, May 2, 1889. He was born in a Javanese aristocracy, so he has nobility background. He was able to access the colonial public education, a great school that the most common population in the Indies can not access it. Ki Hadjar Dewantara graduated from basic education in ELS (Dutch Primary School). He continued his education to STOVIA, a medical school for native students. But, he can’t graduated because he was ill. Then, he worked as journalist for some newspaper such as: De Expres, Midden Java, Kaoem Moeda, Oetoesan Indies, Poesara, Sediotomo, and Tjahaja Timur.

Not only active as a journalist, Ki Hadjar Dewantara also active in social and political organizations. In 1908, he was active in Boedi Oetomo Organization. He also organized Boedi Oetomo first congress in Yogyakarta. Later, Ki Hadjar Dewantara join the organization that established by his colleague Ernest Douwes Dekker named Indische Partij. However, this organization was declined when they wanted to register it because the Netherlands government thought it will raise the nationalism in Indonesia.

In 1913, the Ducth East Indies government collected money to fund the centennial anniversary of Dutch Independence from France back in 1813. This fund got negative reaction from pro-independence nationalist including Ki Hadjar Dewantara. He wrote several critical columns in De Expres newspaper on July 13, 1913. Because of his critical writing, he was sent away by Dutch government to Bangka Island. His colleagues, Douwes Dekker and Tjipto Mangoenkoesoemo protested on his behalf and finally the three of them were sent away to Netherlands instead in 1913. Then, these three pro-independence figure known as Tiga Serangkai.

In September 1919, Ki Hadjar Dewantara back to his hometown in Java. In July 1922, he established a school named Taman Siswa in Yogyakarta, a Javanese educational movement that provide education for indigenous people. Ki Hadjar Dewantara has a very famous proverb that described his ideals for education. The proverb was in Javanese “Ing ngarso sung tulodo, ing madyo mangun karso, tut wuri handayani”, which translated “in front should give example, in the middle should raise the spirit, behind should give encouragement’. This proverb is used as the principle of Taman Siswa. These days, the part of the proverb, Tut Wuri Handayani is used as the motto of Indonesian Ministry of Education.

After Indonesia reach its Independence, Ki Hadjar Dewantara was appointed as Indonesian Minister of Education and Culture. In 1957, he received a honorary doctorate from Gadjah Mada University. He died on April 26, 1959 in Yogyakarta. He was buried in Taman Wijaya Brata cemetery. In recognition for his dedications on pioneering public education in Indonesia, he was declared as the Father of Indonesian National Education. His birth date is appointed as The National Education Day.

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