Justice and Equality; Foreign Language Education (Arabic-English) in the National Education System in Indonesia

Abstract

Justice and equality are the foundations in organizing foreign language education without distinguishing between one foreign language and another. This study reviews the justice and equality of foreign language education in the National education system. Collecting various laws and regulations in the national education system and then looking at justice and equality using the existing educational justice theory. The results of this study indicate that there is inequality in countries in their bias in the National education system towards English which consists of indicators, namely the status of subjects, allocation of time for subjects, availability of teachers and facilities, student interest and government support. The basis for this bias is contained in Law Number 20 of 2003 concerning the National Education System but is contained in derivative regulations, namely Government Regulation Number 19 of 2005 concerning National Education Standards relating to the list of subjects, Regulation of the Minister of Education and Culture Number 22 of 2008 concerning Content Standards for Primary and Secondary Education Units, Regulation of the Minister of Education and Culture Number 82 of 2016 concerning the Primary and Secondary Education Curriculum. Justice and equality in foreign language education are still far away, so there needs to be a balanced revitalization.