Coalition Education: Gender Sensitive Virginity Tests
Coalition Education: Gender Sensitive Virginity Tests not TRIBUNnews.comTRIBUNnews.com - 3 hours ago More » TRIBUNNEWS.COM, JAKARTA - Education Coalition strongly criticized the Education Department policy Prabumulih, South Sumatra, which makes the virginity tests in one component of the assessment whether or not a student went to high school. Education Coalition members Lodi Paat in Jakarta, Wednesday (08/21/2013) rate, the discourse of virginity tests be a major problem, especially because of the vagueness of the purpose and relevance of test female students, with education. According to Lodi, the right to education is set clearly in section 28C (1) of the 1945 Constitution, as well as in article 12 of Law 39/1999 on Human Rights. Therefore, the right to education can not be reduced on any basis. Moreover, this test is not according to the principles of education in the National Education System Law No. 20 of 20013, Article 4 paragraph (1), na...