Indonesia: Minister Calls English Language Learning Key

[Francis Hult]

Jakarta Globe

 

Minister Calls English Language Learning Key

 

Countries in the Asia-Pacific region must promote English proficiency as a way to deal with globalization, Coordinating Minister for People's Welfare Agung Laksono said on Tuesday. 

Agung said that to keep pace with the rest of the world, educators in developing Asia-Pacific countries were faced with the challenge to shape graduates to be competent citizens of an inter­national community. 

"Schools and universities are expected to produce graduates who are familiar with other cultural values and histories, languages and institutions," he said.

 

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