WHEN ARMY ARMED PEN

To become another army in the border area of the country is synonymous with the figure of TNI soldiers with complete weapons of coarse and the war fixtures that are always attached. But it turns out that not everything is like that. There is a TNI soldier that although still dressed loreng but replacing his weapons with pens. Yes, pens and teaching materials for school students.

The fact that happened in the Primary School (SD) Yayasan Pendidikan and Catholic School (YPPK) St. Fransiscus Xaverius Yanggandur, a bordered area directly with Papua Nugini. Three soldiers Satgas Pamtas RI-PNG Yonif 142/KJ became a helpful teacher in SD and SMP in border areas. Pratu TNI R. Sehite and Prada TNI D. Rames teaches in SD YPPK St Fransiscus Xaverius Yanggandur near the post Satgas Pamtas RI-PNG Yanggandur. While Prada TNI Yoza Martelius teaches at the SMP Negeri Persiapan Yanggandur.

The sun has started to illuminate in one corner of Kampung Yanggandur District Sota, Merauke. Some of the white red-sized children who are mostly lusively running across their high grass almost their past. With their check passes through them even without footwear. A few moments of their steering end up to elementary school (SD) Yayasan Pendidikan and Catholic School (YPPK) St. Fransiscus Xaverius Yanggandur.

They blend with dozens of other students. Low shade of conversations in the Marind Kanum region sounds.

"Adik-adik please line neatly, we will soon start teaching activities," as the Prajurit Satgas Pamtas RI-PNG Yonif 142/KJ Pratu TNI R. Sehite. Honestly then a student who is most advanced preparing rows to pray together and then enter classes for teaching activities.

TNI’s honesty teaches Indonesian and mathematics and other sciences, both admitted to a number of challenges when becoming a teacher in the area because not all students of the fasih in Indonesia, they also still like a bolos school when resting because it should help parents meet the needs of everyday life such as finding fish, hunting, shaving sago and other, the number of students who come in no way every day.

All TNI soldiers teaching at the border school can understand the condition. They affirm his commitment to constantly devote knowledge to students, because they can take into account, read and learn other sciences is their own happiness as a teacher.

Maintaining border areas should not always be with a weapon approach but with a pen approach. Yakni helps the nation’s children living in the country’s leading region to fight against letter blinds through education that can further strengthen the foundation of voluntary nationalities.

Photo and Text: Andika Wahyu