Education in Indonesia

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Daniel Suryadarma, Gavin W. Jones
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2013 - Education - 278 pages
In Indonesia, as elsewhere in Asia, education will inevitably play a key role in the national development experience as the twenty-first century unfolds. Not much international attention is paid to how the education sector is faring in Indonesia, but that is not because nothing is happening. The past decade has seen major changes in the structure of the education system and in the schooling trajectories of Indonesian children and adolescents. The administration of primary and secondary education has been decentralized to the regions. A new paradigm of school-based management has been introduced. Public spending on education has finally reached one-fifth of total government spending, as required by law. But although enrolment rates at all levels continue to increase, the quality of education remains low and has not improved, and the tertiary sector continues to experience problems of autonomy and unsatisfactory performance.
 

Contents

1 MEETING THE EDUCATION CHALLENGE by Daniel Suryadarma and Gavin W Jones
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2 TRENDS IN EDUCATION IN INDONESIA by Suharti
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3 TEACHER TRAINING SCHOOL NORMS AND TEACHER EFFECTIVENESS IN INDONESIA by Christopher Bjork
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A CASE OF ARCHITECTURE OVER IMPLEMENTATION? by Robert Kingham and Jemma Parsons
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5 EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES IN INDONESIA by Hafid Alatas Sally Brinkman Mae Chu Chang Titie ...
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6 WHERE DID ALL THE MONEY GO?FINANCING BASIC EDUCATION IN INDONESIA by Samer AlSamarrai and Pedro CerdanInfantes
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7 AN ASSESSMENT OF POLICIES TO IMPROVE TEACHER QUALITY AND REDUCE TEACHER ABSENTEEISM by Asep Suryahadi and Prio ...
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RAPID GROWTH MAJOR CHALLENGES by Hal Hill and Thee Kian Wie
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LOCALLY RELEVANT ALTERNATIVES TO WORLDCLASS UNIVERSITIES by Rivandra Royono and Diastika Rahwidiati
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THE VIABILITY OF A COMMERCIAL STUDENT LOAN SCHEME IN INDONESIA by Bruce Chapman and Daniel Suryadarma
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THE MALAYSIAN EXPERIENCE by Khong Kim Hoong
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12 ROLE OF THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING SECTOR IN ADDRESSING SKILL MISMATCH IN INDONESIA by Emanuela di Gropello
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INDEX
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INDONESIA UPDATE SERIES
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About the author (2013)

• Daniel Suryadarma is Research Fellow with the Indonesia Project at the Australian National University, Canberra. 


• Gavin W. Jones is Director of the JY Pillay Comparative Asia Research Centre at the National University of Singapore.