General Secretary of the Indonesian Teachers Association (PGRI) Central Java Muhdi admit, many teachers are now worried about providing education on student discipline will be misunderstood acts of violence.
"Until now I have no complaints related to the meeting point persecution of students. That is what sometimes makes teachers worried and anxious to give education on student discipline," he said in Semarang, on Friday (12/02/2011).
He revealed that after signing the agreement with the Central Java Regional Police Institute of Teacher Training and Education (Teachers' Training College) PGRI Semarang on the establishment of a partnership forum police, community, and students.
Therefore, the word is also Rector IKIP Muhdi PGRI Semarang, the institute seek preventive measures through the development of character education model that is expected to nurture student character better.
"In keeping with our mission to make prospective teachers are professional and berjati ourselves, we developed a model character education. Teacher of character capable of educating their students have good character," said Muhdi.
Meanwhile, Central Java Police Chief Inspector General of Police Didiek Sutomo Triwidodo said it will still look at each incoming reports related to abuse of teachers to students.
He admitted, according to the capacity and duties as teacher educators can not be any action to discipline the student teachers categorized as acts of violence, because the discipline may be the origin within reasonable limits.
Police chief expects the ranks of PGRI formulate certain code of ethics-related actions that teachers can be categorized in the element of violence, hoping that teachers are more calm and work in educating the nation's children.
In connection with the partnership agreement with the formation of the forum police, community, and students with IKIP PGRI Semarang, he said it hoped the program could help reduce crime.
According to him, the teacher's role in providing the right knowledge about the task and police work in dealing with crime is enormous, not by scaring students against the police.
Task of the police, said Police Chief, was not only catch criminals, but more than that must formulate preemptive and preventive measures in tackling crime.