SOME BENEFITS OF COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTER (CLC)

Building a Community Learning Center (CLC) around neighborhoods can be something great for children to gain the hands-on skills they need to survive in their country. In fact, it is a great resource that can offer education, support, and enrichment for people of all ages in a community. The so-called CLC plays a vital role in providing functional literacy, vocational skills, and work-related skills to marginalized youth and children in the community, notably for those who can no longer afford to continue studying in the formal education system. After all, the Community Learning Center stands as a focal place for Lifelong Learning opportunity for people from every walk of life.

To begin with, establishing the so-called CLC in underprivileged neighborhoods holds an immense potential for children empowerment with the hands-on skills needed that are necessary for future success. Unfortunately, many of these children in India for example, are still deprived of education access due to several reasons such as poverty, lack of guidance and counseling, learning disabilities, violence, and so forth. Similarly, it is reported that the recent changes in school curriculums and textbooks driven by new bills and laws which dismantle affirmative action and limit critical race theory discussion in the United States have left gaps in the education system. Because of this, such repercussions of not having a proper education or getting a limited access to learning opportunities ultimately resulted in a failure of those children's lives, regardless of their potentials to bring changes in the world.

Perhaps, one of the key benefits of the community learning centers’ establishment lies within their ability to offer an alternative perspective on history and social issues. While politicians of any nations may seek to limit certain narratives, such community learning centers can provide a safer room for exploring diverse viewpoints and fostering critical thinking. By embracing a more comprehensive approach to education, this will ensure our children to receive a well-rounded understanding of the world and its complex history.

Aside from nurturing critical thinking, the community learning centers can also serve as a hub of knowledge and enrichment not only for children, but also for the entire community. For example, such community learning centers can offer resources ranging from libraries, workshops to vocational training programs that will help bridging the opportunity gap in underprivileged neighborhoods. By empowering individuals of all ages with valuable skills and information, this in turn will uplift the entire community and enhance its socioeconomic prospects.

Last but not least, establishing a community learning center can protect children from misbehaviors. According to studies, it is said that youths whose age between 12 and 17 are more prone to commit violent acts or crimes. This actually can be resolved if they spend more time in the community learning centers. When children are under adult supervision, they will have no space to behave unethically and even indulge themselves in any wrong means. Instead, academic activities will keep them engaged in productive things day long so that their mind will be in the right place.

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COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTRE - PKBM D'ROYAL MOROCO

Broadly speaking, the Community Learning Centre or commonly known as "PKBM" (Pusat Kegiatan Belajar Mandiri) in Indonesian language is a place where students from all walks of life can have their own learning program outside of school hours or their busy work schedules. To put it simply, such Community Learning Centres are the places of learning outside the formal education system, which exist both in rural and urban areas. In addition to this, the purpose of Community Learning Centre (PKBM) is built and managed by the local community to provide various learning opportunities in the context of acknowledging the development of its platform, so as to improve the quality of citizens’ lives. As an institution founded by and established for the sake of community in societies, the Community Learning Centre (PKBM) has the potential to be run as an independent organization. Although initially the establishment of many Community Learning Centres relied heavily on the assistance and funding from the Indonesian government, however, it is estimated that the number of these autonomous studying places in Indonesia is expected to grow rapidly in the next few decades.

Speaking of what motivates us to build the D'Royal Morocco Community Learning Centre is none other than exerting our efforts to contribute and assist the Indonesian government in producing such qualified, competent, and skilful human resources (which in this case, the nation's children) so that the development of an individual’s quality of life in the Republic of Indonesia overtime can be improved in the near future. With that being said, we strongly put our hopes that students or those who join our studying courses at the D'Royal Morocco Community Learning Centre will turn into invaluable seeds who possess a high degree of self-competitiveness, exceptional prowess, practical knowledge, and equipped with good morals in particular so that they will not only be able to attain their dreams, but also will be able to carry out a mandate as Indonesian citizens; becoming the next powerful generations who will look after the country’s future even better.

On the other hand, every organization has their objectives and goals which must be accomplished, both in the short and long run. Such vision and mission are generally the benchmark for achieving success and progress of an organization so that in practice, they can be used as an instrumental basis in forming and making several rules and policies for the benefits of organizational members. At the D'Royal Morocco Community Learning Centre, we certainly have our own vision and mission too, which are the benchmarks or the guidelines to assist us in achieving our objectives and goals that we desire for the success and the progress of our respected organization.

A. VISION

- To produce students with Islamic noble characters and global competence.

 

B. MISSION

- To educate students to be grateful for their success only due to the help of The Almighty God (ALLAH SWT).

- To nurture students to think beyond common targets and assist them in achieving international recognitions.

- To foster students to always show respect and embrace themselves as citizens who love their country.

- To train students to exploit their potentials so that they can be autonomously creative.

C. PURPOSE

- We strive to create such an interactive, innovative, and fun learning mechanism.

- We endeavour to equip our learners with the knowledge they need so that they will possess basic competencies to pursue their studies to the next level.

- We teach our students to always have faith, piety, and Islamic noble characters.

- We train our learning participants to develop their potentials to become actively skilful and social-minded.

- We educate our children to recognize and love their nation, society, and the diversity of Indonesian culture.

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