ITS Toward A world-class Universities for A Better Indonesia

There are advanced countries in Asia such as Japan, China, and South Korea. They have a high quality university with increasing competence of students. So they have a high ability to fight in the world class competition. Maybe this is the reason why ITS (Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember) must be world-class university as good as them.

Become a world class university is aim precious for a better Indonesia. However, it needs make hard effort to achieve it, especially from the internal of ITS. I think, the first action to do is equalization perception of ITS people about the importance to be a world-class university. Because I think, ITS is like a team. Equalization perception of the team is the first step before we want to do the program. When the perception of ITS people is equal, it will create an awareness and motivation collectively for fighting to realize the dream together.

Not only internalization, but also ITS needs improve the english ability, especially communication site. ITS have a good position in Indonesia. It is in fourth of best University in Indonesia, but there are many students who don’t have a good skill in English. English language test results of new students in 2010 show that there is less than 10% of students who do not get the standard points, 477, in CLC (Centre for Language and Cultures). If we have a high quality to speak in English, we will be an extraordinary system, we will be able to discuss, exchange ideas, and give each other information about science and technology with other students in the world. So that, the university people should be able to communicate and make a good relation with other world class university to be diplomacy and friendship.

Other internal factor that must be considered is the surveillance of the method learned in class. As we know, ITS is applying SLC (Student Learning Center) method which is the method that focuses on achieving the competence of students with more involving students in the process of teaching and learning. Using this method, the students will get the opportunity and motivation to build their own knowledge with themselves, so that they will gain a deep understanding. In this method, the lecturer was not only required capable of conveying the subject matter lonely, but also he has the ability to facilitate the student's learning needs, motivating, inspiring, and to be an evaluator.

But in the fact, this method has not run with our expectations. There are still many found that the lecturer teach by conventional method means that lecturers deliver subject matter, then the students record and memorize lessons as there is in the textbook. Therefore, the SLC method must be supervised in earnest. There is supervision by using questionnaire in the end of the semester, but it was not enough. I suggest, we need make a team of supervisors. This supervisors team who is responsible with the process of SCL method.  The team supervisor must visit the class with an unknown interval of visits by lecturer or in other words ' suddenly inspection '. In the class, the supervisor team can ask directly to the students about the lecturer has been teaching with the SLC method or not.

Maybe ITS have other internal problem to be a world class university. But, beside that, I have a suggestion for the officers of the university. Insya'allah, this step can accelerate the process of ITS becoming a world-class university. My suggestion is the internship program at the university of the international standard for campus officials, ranging from professors, to the chair of the department or other people in ITS. With this internship program, I hope, all of them in ITS can learn and feel directly how to become a world-class University. Then, the knowledge which we got from it, we can apply directly to be world-class university.

The Declaration that has been told by the authorities of ITS to become a world-class University, we must support fully, because it makes a world-class University that is similar to the advance of the nation. To be world-class university, ITS must have treatment for increasing the quality of ITS people. There will a high quality human in a high quality university. Human resources are created in this world class university who can adapt and compete in the global competition for the sake of national progress.

Being world class university will be given benefit and importance for our nation right now, then it should not be seen as just a dream. Take it as a challenge to the attainment of measurable time. Because if we assume, it is the challenge, the spirit that is issued will be maximum. Everyday it will also be decorated with action as well as the contribution in order to make it happen.