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Briefing on Citizenship Education Teacher (Civics) National Achievement in 2011 carried out directly by the General Secretary of the Constitutional Court (MK) Janedjri M. Ghaffar, Vice Minister of Education and Culture Musliar Kasim, and Deputy Minister of Religious Affairs Nasaruddin Umar. The event is in cooperation with the Constitutional Court and the Ministry of Education and Culture Ministry of Religious Affairs, which was held at the Court House, 4th floor, Sunday (20/11) afternoon.

In addition to the presence of the jury team, including Saldi Isra (chairman), Zainal Arifin Mochtar from Gadjah Mada University, M. Arief Hidayat of Diponegoro University, and several other juries amounted to 20 people, as well as the participants also attended by 45 participants Civics Teacher achievers from various regions in Indonesia.

At the beginning of provisions, Janedjri describing the event was held in the framework of the initial selection Civics Teacher achievers nationally in 2011. This activity also carried the idea to join the Court take the responsibility to realize constitutional culture actually grew up in the middle of our society. "So therefore, the Court also had a role to create atmosphere of life which is grounded in the constitution as the supreme law of our state," said Janedjri.

Janedjri further said that indeed we already know the powers and duties of the Constitutional Court that has been granted by the 1945 Constitution, but we are closer than aspects of the functioning of the Constitutional Court serves as the guardian of the constitution. "Therefore, as the guardian of the constitution, of the Constitutional Court also has a constitutional obligation to raise awareness," he said.

More importantly, Janedjri said to raise awareness not only made constitutional by the Constitutional Court, Ministry of Education and Culture, and Ministry of Religious only, "but all other state institutions and all components of the nation must come to take this responsibility," Janedjri message.

In addition to explaining how the business of the Constitutional Court and other institutions while growing culture of constitutional, Janedjri also explained that such activity is simultaneous with the activities of the workshop activities Pancasila and the Constitution. Meanwhile, the Court also has plans to compile a book of Education Pancasila and the Constitution, the book is enrichment later as a book, and hopefully as a handbook for the father and teacher mother.

"However, before the Constitutional Court set Pancasila and the Constitution Education books, it’s better to listen to first inputs of Mr. and Mrs. PKN," explained Janedjri.

In asking these inputs, said Janedjri, the Court not only listens to the 45 participants, but also 155 teachers will be invited by the Court on November 22, 2011. "Their backgrounds were the best finalist Provincial Teacher PKN. I later combined with Mr. and Mrs. Teacher is here, "explained Janedjri.

The briefing delivered by Nasaruddin regarding Indonesia is a country of law. He said our country is a constitutional state, it is important to understand. And my capacity and Religious Affairs Minister Suryadharma Ali is giving aspiration to the participants, related to the role of the Court, in which the Court has a very high role in Indonesian society of this nation. "Therefore, the reasonable lessons on the constitution are at all levels of education. Citizens do not know the constitution if it will hurt, "said Nasarudin.

Nasaruddin also added more associated with the position dinaunginya institutions. According to him, he was a Minister of Religion is very appreciated in the teaching of the constitution, because the constitution of the point is to teach religion.” Therefore, no longer opposed the constitution with the Koran, because the Koran and the constitution that are complementary with each other," he explained.

Ministry of Education and Culture, which was represented by Deputy Minister, Musliar Kasim delivers supplies last. In provisions he said that since the 1945 amendments to the experience-4, I am sure and confident, yet memahamai-4 amendments to it as a whole, let alone someone not a professor of law and not a teacher PKN, he sure has not understood it. "Therefore, the activities undertaken by this Court, it is very important for us together," he said.

No less important if you want the teaching of the constitution can be delivered well. According to Musliar, in the future, the teachers should have four basic competencies that must be possessed. First, he must have pedagogic competence means he really could be a role-model for their students. Secondly, the competence of personality is especially for teachers so that PKN has a good personality. Social competence complements is as the third. And the last is professional competence, "because as a teacher should be better than their students," explains Musliar. (Shohibul Umam / mh/Yazid.tr)

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