Poorness, The Social Issues in Indonesia

Indonesia is a country that has many citizens. But, there are many social issues which happened among us. For example, the social issue which can’t be solved is poorness. The level of poorness in Indonesia is very high. Our economy levels depend on average income. But, Indonesia has low average income. This problem has a relation with the educational issues in Indonesia. Because, there are many people that didn’t have enough education to take a job. They were ignored in many jobs. Most of them didn’t graduate the Elementary School and Junior High School. Nowadays, the graduate certificate of Senior High School is difficult to be accepted in many jobs. So, they just depend on their physical abilities in take a job, such as sewing, cleaning, and others. For sewing, they must have ability to sew the cloth. And, many of them just can be a cleaning services or housemaid. We sure, the jobs which depend on the physical ability, produce a low income.

          But, ironically, many poor people produce income by sell themselves. They will do anything to get money, because they must finance their life. They can sell their body organ because they need much money. For example, they can sell their liver and kidney. But, in the city, there are many people, especially female, who sell “themselves”. They want to get more money. And usually, this issue happened among the teenagers. They can get much money from the people that want themselves for a night maybe. This is also a social problem, because there was no moral education. Their parents must give more attention for their children, especially their daughters. They must give more attention by talking face to face friendly to their children, and control their society.

          So, to solve the poorness issues, our government has an important role, because they have responsibility of our economy condition. They must give more education and solve the educational issues in Indonesia. They must give more job opportunities especially for the poor people. They can repair the facilities in many schools in village and backwardness areas, such as in Papua and the other primitive place. To solve the teenager problems, the parents and schools, especially the teachers have a really important role. They must give more moral education and attention to their children. But, they may not use a violence way. They must be closed to their children by be a friend. They must give more affection and control their children’s society. So, we can solve and prevent the social issues among the teenagers.