Its hard to describe what makes Chandra Kusuma School different, if for no other reason than whenever we try to distinguish ourselves many other schools claim to do the same. What I am sure of is that nobody in Medan offers the level of education we provide for the amount we charge.
Our mission is to educate, not only our students but our staff, our parents and the public as a whole. Schools should be at the heart of the communities they serve, and by raising the level of education in an entire community, we effectively turn everybody into teachers, and raise the bar on what we can then expect from our students. Students are out in the community much more than they are in school, and this extra support is essential. | When a student enters any school they are to some degree limited by the knowledge of their teachers. Subjects and teaching methods obviously continually expand, develop and improve after teachers complete their initial training. With this in mind we continually educateour teachers to top up their knowledge. It is our firm belief that education is not a phase that children go through, but is a philosophy to live your life by.
Students today live in a digital world (even with the power cuts and slow internet), and this is effectively doing the same on a global scale. Digital media is turbo-charging innovation, education and understanding on a global scale for everybody with access to it. Schools must task themselves with providing students with the motivation to use this media, and teachers with the ability to disseminate, explain, and critically evaluate this information. If we can do that we will be able to bypass many of the problems holding students back while Indonesia is striving to catch up with the developed world.
Effectively we aim to provide an environment which not only teaches students, but fills them with an overwhelming desire to learn and better themselves. If you take nothing else from reading this article, and regardless of whether you come to, or send your child to this school, I hope I have passed on one small piece of information. Every time you have to force your child to learn, you have already failed in their education, because truly great people are driven by enthusiasm, education is just the box they stand on while working, but should be the motivation that drives them. |
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