Tuesday, 23 July 2019
Teacher competence and professionalism play an important role in the success of student learning. As long as the government does not prioritise improving the quality of teachers or mapping the competence of teachers, it is difficult to imagine that the quality of education in Indonesia will be better.
Friday, 19 July 2019
Our team at the RISE Indonesia CRT recently wrote a paper using primary school level mathematics questions from the Indonesian Family Life Survey that showed that performance across Indonesia declined from 2000 to 2014.
Monday, 24 June 2019
Although it has been in effect since 2017, the new school admission system, which uses proximity of a household to a school as the primary selection criteria, still raises polemics.
Tuesday, 16 April 2019
Indonesian central government devolved its authority over the education sector to local governments more than 18 years ago. Since then, the delivery of basic education services depends on the capabilities of more than 500 district administrations across Indonesia.