Saturday, June 20, 2009

The Woman of Indonesian Prominent Figures : BU KASUR ( SANDIAH)

kasurSandiah also known by Bu Kasur, was born in Jakarta in 1926. She is the eldest of the fifth of Santoso family. She finished her formal education in high school. Soon after graduated, she worked in residency office of  Bandung. There, she met Suryono, known as Pak Kasur who became her lifetime couple later.

20040510 Following her husband pathway, Bu Kasur spent most of her lifetime education field. She got involved in activities on teaching, composing songs for children, writing articles for several mass media in capital city, as well as arranging programs on public broadcasting radio and television.The name of Bu Kasur emerged and was known as mother that deeply concern with children development affair. The experiences is teaching children had broadened her understanding in psychological development of children. Children loved her most and even their parents came to her consulting on its development. The experiences of caring the children had brought Bu Kasur with enjoyment and loving on her job. She was getting involved in arranging art performance programs specialized for children and public broadcasting radio as well as conducting small kindergarten that launched in 1967. Located in Jalan Cikini V / 3  Jakarta,this kindergarten had been altered into Yayasan Setia Balita and recently it has develop six branches in Jakarta, Bekasi and Tangerang. Later, Bu Kasur remarkable endeavor in children development affairs was formally acknowledged. On 27 october 1992, she was granted a medal of Honor Bintang Budaya Parama Dharma from The Government of Republic of Indonesia delivered by Minister of Education and Cultural. Besides that, she was declared as one of the 21 Kartini. She has passed in 22 October 2002 in Jakarta, but her rendered services and works will remain in the heart of Indonesian people.

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