If you want to eliminate multiple choice questions if you become Minister of Education and Culture, this is Maudy Ayunda’s educational story

TIME.CO, Jakarta – NO Maudy Ayunda is currently being discussed among netizens after expressing a series of breakthroughs in the field of education. In the video uploaded by the TikTok account @felicia.tjiasaka, he revealed that he would eliminate multiple-choice questions in school exams if he became Minister of Education and Culture.

“Selfassessmentthat’s all Open-ended question, Not multiple choice (multiple choice), obviously students learn differently, so do teachers teach him different, so that in the end theclassification That critical thinking AND analyzing compared to the same memorization (to memorize). But beyond that, my greatest mission is want build the love of learning in Indonesia,” Jesse Choi’s wife said.

So, what is Maudy Ayunda’s educational background?

Educational History of Maudy Ayunda

Maudy Ayunda began her studies by attending Al-Azhar Primary School, but only reached second grade. He subsequently transferred to Mentari International School in 2001 and studied middle school at the same school until graduating in 2011.

Once Maudy graduated, she continued her high school education (SMA) at the British School Jakarta. At that time, this woman, who was fluent in English, Mandarin and Spanish, had become president of the Intrascholastic Student Organization (OSIS).

Subsequently, he was faced with the choice of studying at two famous campuses, namely Columbia University and Oxford University. However, he decided to specialize in Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) at Oxford University until obtaining the equivalent of a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree (S1), cum laude in 2016.

Maudy Ayunda then pursued a postgraduate (S2) education at Stanford University, USA. You actually have been accepted into two of the top universities in the world according to various higher education ranking agencies, including Harvard University.

Even though he had a dilemma, his choice ultimately fell on Stanford University by taking two majors at the same time, namely Business Administration and Education.

In 2021, Maudy graduated with two degrees, namely Master of Arts (MA) and Master of Business Administration (MBA). In the same year you were included in the Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia 2021 in the Entertainment & Sports category.

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Maudy was also appointed as the Indonesian government’s spokesperson in the presidency of the Group of Twenty summit (G20 summit) which was held in Bali in November 2022.

Netizens’ criticism of Maudy Ayunda

Who would have thought that Maudy Ayunda’s statement when she became Education Minister some time ago would garner pros and cons on various social media channels. Many Indonesian netizens are of the opinion that it is not easy to abolish the multiple-choice system if you look at the reality of Indonesian education on the ground.

“Lol beautiful sister, first try being a teacher managing 4-6 classes with 25 people in a class,” wrote a comment from the X (formerly Twitter) account @tanyarlfes.

In line with this, one netizen also suggested that the actor who plays Ainun in the film Habibie-Ainun 3 should have teaching experience first. Becoming a teacher means teaching in state schools or in disadvantaged, outermost, border and border areas (3TP).

“Yes, whoever becomes Minister of Education must have served in remote schools, so he knows what it means, because Mod (Maudy’s nickname) is an inter (international) school, which is a bit like the reality of state schools, especially in remote areas. Furthermore, holding many classes, each class contains 40 people, where the salary is only IDR 300 thousand per month,” wrote user X with the account @chillycas****.

MELYNDA DWI PUSPITA

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