抄録
To develop its economy at a high rate, Indonesia has to educate the personnel for the task. Also it is necessary for the integration and continuation of the country to diffuse the Indonesian language through out the country and to inculcate the Panca Sila spirit. Thus the enrichment and expansion of education has been one of the most important issues for the country.
Due to the government's efforts to expand the capacity of elementary school in the 1970s, a huge influx of students has now reached the lower and upper secondary school levels. It is obvious that the government will have to extend its effort toward increasing the capacity of secondary and higher education as soon as possible.
Although education is the source of national development, it wastes valuable resources and engenders frustration among unemployed people of high educational background if the supply of educated manpower greatly exceeds the demand. As it takes a long time to develop manpower at formal educational institutions, educational plans should be based upon the long-term prospect of the Indonesian economy and society.
