
The Department of Education and Culture tried to overcome these problems, but there are still many problems facing us. In fact, many schools try to find old people who were educated in Chinese Schools before the era of late President Suharto to teach Mandarin.

There is no Mandarin language teacher, text book for Indonesian students, curriculum and syllabus, etc.

They do not know that after nearly 30 years Mandarin was prohibited, the teaching Mandarin planning is really hard to be realised. In order to anticipate this situation, many schoolmasters without having understanding about our National Language Political Policy thought that Mandarin should be taught. Having skill in Mandarin has become one prerequisite for new employees recruitment.

Many schools-from primary until senior high school, even kindergarten-teach Mandarin. P>Since Political Reformed in 1998, teaching of Mandarin language burst out everywhere.
