Institute Role of Teachers' Education in Improving the Standard of Development Achievement Rate and Standard of Teacher and Education Personnels of Early Childhood Education

Understanding the importance of the education during the early age, the Indonesian government supports the Early Childhood Education (ECE) through Permendiknas 58 Year 2009 on Standards of ECE. This standard include a) The standard of development achievement rate, b) The standard of teachers and education personnel's, c) The standards of content, process, and assessment; and d) The standard of facilities and infrastructure, management, and financing. This paper aims to evaluate the inconsistencies between standard of development achievement rate and the standards of teachers and education personnel's, especially in the competence of motor skills that should be achieved by young children in accordance with the competencies of teachers in teaching it. Furthermore, this paper describes the role of teacher education institution (Lembaga Pendidik Tenaga Kependidikan-LPTK) in preparing candidates for early childhood teachers in meeting the competencies standards of teachers and education personnel, according to Permendiknas number 58 year 2009.