"Every citizen should get equal rights in education. Compulsory state education finance and guarantee the rights of citizens as well," said the Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court, Moh. Mahfud MD, Scientific Oration time in the 51th Anniversary Event of Unsyiah with the theme "The Role of Universities in the fulfillment of Constitutional Rights of Citizens in Education", which took place at the Hall of Gd. Prof. Academic Activity Center Dr. Dayan Dawood, MA Syiah Kuala University Aceh (31/08/12).

In his speech Mahfud explained much about how the situation of education in Indonesia at this time. According to him, the problems that occurred on the progress of education in Indonesia that every citizen has not gained the same right to education, as well as the effectiveness of educational products that have not been created, especially in college, "Progress is not good education, because education in Indonesia has not been able to bring intellectuals with a brilliant idea, "he explained.

It is also stressed by the Chairman of the Constitutional Court that education in Indonesia is currently only birth scholar, not a scholar capable of giving birth to sync the brain and heart in coming up with ideas for the betterment of the nation.

According to Mahfud, education for the intellectual life of the nation is now experiencing disorientation concept. "This is negligence, so the brain education (transfer of knowledge), are inconsistent with purity of heart (transfer of values)," he said.

The development of education must be supported 3 It is the norm of academic, academic tradition, outside of academic activities. From the point of the Constitution, we need to be grateful and thankful to the fighters who have made this nation to independence so that Indonesia currently has an educated son of the nation. "Gratitude for the independence of Indonesia, we come up with the constitution in many ways for the betterment of the nation, especially in the field of education. Education is one of the nations, the nation will progress if its people educated," he said.

Education according to the constitution is to develop the nation through three basic principles. Three basic principles, further Mahfud, that science and religion must be integrally connected; the development of science based on the Constitution and must not rationalism but by using rationality, and science and technology must be impartial. "Education today is only a tool to create a caste. This is not good, and the government should be responsible for this," he said.

Formerly Unsyiah Rector Prof. Dr. Ir. Samsul Rizal, M.Eng in the report hope that this event becomes momentum beginning to design and develop programs in the future in order to achieve a better result. "The existence of Unsyiah as one of the educational institutions is an integral part of the educational system that applies nationally. We (Unsyiah) will try to continue to make a positive contribution to the advancement of education in Indonesia," he said.

In this event attended by Governor of Aceh Dr.Zaini Abdullah, Minister Counselor for Economic Affairs Adnan Gantoe, Range Communication Forum Members Aceh Government, Stakeholders Nangroe guardian, and lecturers as well as students with a number of more or less 500 people. (Ddy / mh/Yazid.tr)