Madrasah make a significant contribution to meeting district enrollment standards and Human Development Index targets. They also make a significant contribution to meeting district Minimum Service Standards. Madrasah are known to receive insufficient funding to carry out quality education, and in the case of private madrasah, are significantly under-funded in comparison with state schools. Dece ...

The Strategic Plan 2010-2014 of the Ministry of National Education, now the Ministry of Education and Culture (MoEC), gives priority to the development of the professional competencies of school and madrasah principals and supervisors to ensure improved quality in the implementation of school education programs. Principal and supervisor competencies were defined and articulated in the National ...

This paper is part of a project on Free Basic Education Strategy Development. The objective of the project is to develop a comprehensive strategy for the implementation of Free Basic Education in Indonesia, covering policy, funding, accountability, capacity development, and system requirements. The strategy also has to address the particular needs of a portion of Indonesia’s population which ...

The Government of Indonesia has launched an ambitious Master Plan for Acceleration and Expansion of Indonesia Economic Development or MP3EI, with a view to promoting geographically dispersed growth through establishing seven economic corridors across the nation. The objective of this study is to review the current status of universities in Indonesia in terms of their capacity to work in ...

The study addresses the issues of access, equity, quality, and management taking into consideration the characteristics of early childhood development (ECD) that would be optimal for Indonesia. It also citesthe existing institutional/ administrative environment for the promotion, delivery, and management of ECD. The research approach combines systems-level macro analysis with quantitative and ...

This report examines the policy options and financial implications of the expansion of senior secondary education in Indonesia. The current funding of government senior secondary education is complex and varies throughout the country. It involves different levels of government providing financial support for infrastructure, salaries, and operational costs.

This report provides an overview of the policy and strategic context for gender mainstreaming in education over the last decade. It includes an analysis of the structures of governance and roles and responsibilities for gender mainstreaming in education at the national, provincial, and district levels. The review covers relevant programs over the last decade--including gender specific and ...

The development objectives of the support to Free Basic Education Strategy Development are to contribute towards achieving medium- to long-term social and economic national development goals through the development of effective policies, strategies, and programs for implementation of Free Basic Education in Indonesia.

Overall, schools and communities are very positive about Rintisan Sekolah Bertaraf Internasional (RSBI), and feel that the presence of the school helps the whole community. The RSBI program has produced many schools with an improved environment that will enable them to produce high quality graduates. One key finding demonstrates that students in RSBI-designated schools are not performing better ...

One of the objectives of this study was to develop instruments and processes for collecting data about principal and supervisor competency that could be used by districts, provinces, and national education authorities to collect similar data from a wider sample. This is in line with the Ministry of Education and Culture’s Strategic Plan 2010-2014 to ensure improved quality in the implementation of ...