“Just fix the recruitment system and reform the bureaucracy. How can you force someone who might have gotten the job because of some connections to get a 600 on the TOEFL?” he asked. “It’s fine to dream that, but 600 is not realistic.” – Andrinof Chaniago, a political and public policy analyst at the University of Indonesia.
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I would say that too if I were Andrinof or any regular person. Truthfully, I would have never even think that I could reach the number at all. It is kind of, um, impossible.
Let’s say that I am a pesimist kind of person. But somehow, to change something especially in public institution like Ministry of Trade, it has to come from the top. Having a new Minister is definitely a problem in a static institution but this new person is definitely someone who can drive the wheels. At the beginning of new year, he gave instructions and motivations to all of the public officials of Ministry of Trade. His motivation session definitely gave us a new spirit of change, which is also a rare thing in public institution, off course.
There is definitely something behind this 600 TOEFL score policy. And I smell something positive. A leader should dream big, as big as possible. And to make it come true, we need hard work also. With the spirit he gave, hopefully all the hard work could change the mentality of the public officials. And at the end will make a policy that prosper the poor one. *finger crossed*
“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” — Theodore Roosevelt
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