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Education in Indonesia Reviews of National Policies for Education Reviews of Education in Indonesia RISING TO THE CHALLENGE N ational Policies for Education Reviews of National Policies for Education Having made impressive progress in widening access to basic education, Indonesia must now consolidate these gains and develop an education system to support the needs of the economy in its transition towards high-income status. This report highlights Education in Indonesia three main policy directions which, pursued together, would help Indonesia advance on the path towards stronger growth and more inclusive and sustainable development. RISING TO THE CHALLENGE The first priority is to raise the quality of education and ensure that all learners acquire the skills they need to succeed in life and work. The second goal is to widen participation, requiring a concerted effort to improve access for disadvantaged groups and expand provision beyond the basic level. The final challenge is to increase efficiency, with a more data-driven approach to resource allocation, better tailoring of provision to local needs, and stronger performance management. This report was financed by a grant provided by the Analytical and Capacity Development Partnership, a facility supported by the Government of Indonesia, the Government of Australia, through Australian Aid, the European Union (EU) and the Asian Development Bank. Additional in-kind support was provided by the Care Inspectorate, Scotland and the Islamic Development Bank (IDB). Education in Contents Executive summary Assessment and recommendations Chapter 1. The Indonesian education system in context I Part 1. Education sub-sector opportunities and challenges ndonesia Chapter 2. Early childhood education in Indonesia Chapter 3. Basic education in Indonesia Chapter 4. Senior secondary education in Indonesia Chapter 5. Initial vocational education and training in Indonesia RISING TO TH Chapter 6. Tertiary education in Indonesia Part II. Cross-cutting opportunities and challenges Chapter 7. Education for life, work and further learning in Indonesia Chapter 8. Teaching and educational leadership in Indonesia E Chapter 9. Appropriate educational assessment in Indonesia CHALL E Consult this publication on line at http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/9789264230750-en. NG This work is published on the OECD iLibrary, which gathers all OECD books, E periodicals and statistical databases. Visit www.oecd-ilibrary.org for more information. ISBN 978-92-64-23074-3 91 2015 09 1 P Reviews of National Policies for Education Education in Indonesia RISING TO THE CHALLENGE This work is published under the responsibility of the Secretary-General of the OECD. The opinions expressed and arguments employed herein do not necessarily reflect the official views of OECD member countries or those of ADB or its Board of Directors or the governments they represent. 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Creative Commons Attribution CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO.Third-party content - The OECD or the ADB do not necessarily own each component of the content contained within the work. Therefore, neither the OECD, nor the ADB warrant that the use of any third-party owned individual component or part contained in the work will not infringe on the rights of those third parties. The risk of claims resulting from such infringement rests solely with you. If you wish to re-use a component of the work, it is your responsibility to determine whether permission is needed for that re-use and to obtain permission from the copyright owner. Examples of components can include, but are not limited to, tables, figures, or images. All requests for commercial use or queries on rights and licenses should be addressed to OECD e-mail: [email protected] Foreword – 3 Foreword Indonesia is one of the major economies of Southeast Asia and the government has set itself ambitious goals for its social and economic development, for which human capital development is crucial. Despite great regional divergences which limit access to quality education for many, Indonesia has made impressive progress on many fronts in the education sector since the 1997-98 Asian crisis such as coverage of basic education. Many challenges remain including expanding enrolment in secondary and tertiary education, increasing quality and relevance and making governance and finance more responsive. This report covers the full range of education from early childhood through to tertiary education, including aspects of non-formal education, across both the system of the Ministry of Education and Culture and the Islamic system of the Ministry of Religious Affairs. It uses information from the Country Background Report prepared by the Education Sector Analytical and Capacity Development Partnership (ACDP) at the request of the Indonesian authorities, as well as information supplied in the course of site visits to Jakarta, East Kalimantan, South Sulawesi, South Sumatra and West Java. This review offers an in-depth study and recommendations on the structure and scale of provision, student access and inclusion, student progression, teaching and learning, standards and accreditation, financing, and governance of the pre-primary, basic, secondary, vocational and higher education sectors. Other recommendations cover assessment, education and skills formation and the changing labour market, relevance, the transition from education to work, and adult learning. This review of education policy was undertaken within the framework of the programme of work of the OECD Directorate for Education and Skills. Grant financing for the review was provided by the Analytical and Capacity Development Partnership, a facility supported by the Government of Indonesia, the Government of Australia, through Australian Aid, the European Union (EU) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Additional in-kind support was provided by the Care Inspectorate, Scotland and the Islamic Development Bank (IDB). REVIEWS OF NATIONAL POLICIES FOR EDUCATION: EDUCATION IN INDONESIA – RISING TO THE CHALLENGE © OECD/ADB 2015 4 – Foreword The team leaders were: Ian Whitman (OECD), former Head of the OECD Programme with Non-Member Economies and Yuri Belfali, Senior Analyst, Directorate for Education and Skills, OECD. Review team members were: Michael Gallagher (Australia), Rapporteur, Executive Director of the Group of Eight Universities in Australia; Abdimajid Moalin Abdullahi, Human Development Department, Islamic Development Bank; Angela Arnott (South Africa), Team Leader of Working Group on Education Management and Policy Support, Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA); Annette Bruton (Scotland), Chief Executive, Care Inspectorate, Dundee, and former Chief Inspector of Education; Eduardo Cascallar (USA), Managing Director for Assessment Group International, and Guest Professor, Catholic University of Leuven; Mary Chamberlain (New Zealand), Consultant, Evaluation Associates, Auckland, former senior manager for curriculum and assessment, Ministry of Education; Torben Kornbech Rasmussen (Denmark), Educational Consultant, former Director for Higher Education, Ministry of Education, Copenhagen and former Chair, Education Policy Committee, OECD; Maria Slowey (Ireland), Director of Higher Education Research and Development, and former Vice President, Dublin City University; and, Elizabeth Fordham, Senior Analyst for Global Relations, Directorate for Education and Skills, OECD. The team was assisted in Indonesia by Alan Prouty, John Virtue and Devi Suryani (ACDP) and by Louise Binns and Rachel Linden (OECD). The team would like to acknowledge the invaluable support and guidance provided by Mohammad Nuh, former Minister of Education and Culture; Ainun Na’im, Secretary General of the Ministry of Education and Culture; Taufik Hanafi, Minister’s Advisor for Social and Economics of Education; and, Ananto Kusuma Seta, Head
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