Semarang – Central Java Governor Bibit Waluyo said he failed to understand schools in the province that refused to follow his instruction that every school should play patriotic songs every day.

"How hard it is for the schools to play patriotic songs before class every day?" he said in a discussion on improving nationalism lessons in schools.

He said the provincial administration had provided the schools with cassettes containing the songs, so they could just ask the school attendant to turn on tapes.

"If we make this a habit, it could instill a spirit of nationalism in students," Bibit said. "I just want to instill that spirit early on so we can have national figures or leaders who have a strong nationalism spirit."