Bachelor’s degree should be a mandatory requirement for kindergarten teachers.

           The necessity of kindergarten teachers to hold a bachelor’s degree still becomes a controversial issue among teacher’s society. Some may believe that taking the degree is a must to improve teacher teaching qualities. However, some may contrast this view as they opine that the degree gives little significance for their teaching practices. In my opinion, the teacher from all levels including the kindergarten teacher should comply bachelor’s degree. That is due to the fact that the teacher awareness in professional development will be formed trough university learning that advantage their future career.

            Kindergarten teachers have something to do with children’s early education development which normally begins from five up to six years old. These professional teachers are commanded to guide the young children’s intellectual and interpersonal growth via ply, educational equipment and instructional activities in the children’s class. In the university learning, the teacher of kindergarten is taught about the curriculum, educational psychology, as well as teaching practice. In addition, Seminar on the development of the teaching profession will be easily accessed while in the scholar environment. 

           The teacher of Kindergarten who has undergone education trough collage will understand and carry out the lessons about the curriculum that will be implemented in the actual practice. For that reason, early education objective to optimize the growth and development of children in the future will run effectively, smoothly and inductively. In addition, education can be run well when the curriculum becomes the main buffer in the learning process in the classroom. Prof. Dr. S. Nasution. M.A. said that the future of the nation lies in the creative hands of the young generation. The quality of the nation depends on the education that children enjoy today. Whatever will be achieved at school must be determined by the school curriculum. Therefore, whoever controls the curriculum then plays an important role in regulating the fate of the nation and the future. Thus, studying, mastering and practicing educational curriculum in kindergarten level becomes vitally important.

           Besides curriculum, university learning also offers student with the knowledge on educational psychology. This knowledge serves plentiful benefits as the students will be able to select appropriate teaching techniques. That is obvious that as a teacher and prospective teacher, provision in determining effective learning techniques and method which can be applied in all circumstances are required to be master. In the fact that every child has different character. Thus, accuracy in giving proper learning treatments for every individual in the classroom must be taken into consideration. The accuracy in giving punishment to students is the next point how psychology education plays an important role in this matter. Penalties are given to students but not solely to make children fear when they make mistakes during the teaching and learning process. Punishment is given in the hope that students want to change themselves and try to spur their learning motivation. But use the right punishment according to the child's mistake. Additionally, the teacher of kindergarten who ever studied at college must have obtained teaching practice. So, the teachers who have bachelor’s degree would have had a minimum of teaching experience and received guidance from a lecturer at once. That is why the teacher of kindergarten must have had complete provisions as professional teachers to participate in educating successors to a quality generation.

          Some people may argue that the kindergarten teachers do not require to hold bachelor’s degree. In the reality, the students of kindergarten are normally around five until six years old in which the majority of classroom activities are dominated by playing and gaming. Because of thin focus, kindergarten students will not pay much intention to the learning materials that the teachers have given to them. The young learners only know that the lessons in the class are fun and cheerful so as they will enjoy the learning process. Many teachers still regard that to meet such kind of classroom condition is simply and easy. Therefore, they believe that taking bachelor’s degree is no longer necessary. In the fact, education has a broad view in the teaching and learning process. The goals of early education are not simply to make student fun and carefully. Beyond that, teacher must carefully teach their student on core social skills which will be used in the real life such as boosting children’s confidence, increasing their ability to build healthy relationship with others and helping them to adapt to new environment. All these thing can only be obtained in university learning.  Furthermore, by joining university learning, kindergarten teacher can improve their pedagogic competencies, social competencies, personality competencies and professional competencies which are beneficial to advance their career. From that benefit, it is strongly suggested to teachers who disagree with bachelor’s degree of kindergarten teachers to alter their judgement.  

          In the conclusion that the teachers of kindergarten are obliged to hold bachelor’s degree as preparation to become a professional teacher to carry out teaching on early childhood correctly. So the knowledge gained throughout education at the university can be aligned with the learning objectives.