Wayan Purne

I am a PAUD facilitator, a teacher in OD for SD, SMP, SMP-SMA. I still remember when I just arrived at YGRP, many books were presented. This was a new experience for me. Totally not comparable to what I knew from the educational experience I got in the world of formal education. Then I was just busy struggling with summaries of lectures that matched the majors I choose. These new experiences motivated me to keep working at YGRP.

I only realized when I had been at YGRP for a long time that learning requires a lot of understanding of concepts that must be understood outside of the knowledge that I have received from informal education. I realized that learning has to be holistic. Holistic learning will provide meaning in generating creativity and learning imagination. Together with the children, I was taught critical thinking so that we could find our passion and saw how all things are connected!

Without this center, I probably would not have understood real education yet.

Therefore, the existence of this center plays an important role in providing open, critical, and creative education in Pacung Village.