Arif Gunawan S., Jakarta – Indonesia is the second-least literate nation in the world in a list of 61 measurable countries, besting only Botswana, according to new research that ranks the five Nord

Paulina Quintso – Executive Secretary of Human Capital Development Fund (FDCH), Ismenio Martins da Silva, said Timor-Leste still lacks in human resources in the discipline of the natural sciences w

Paulina Quintso – The Education Director for the Municipality of Viqueque, Emilio Amaral said in the new school year of 2016-2017 the school feeding program has not yet been implemented because gov

Jayapura, Jubi – Activists and students from Jayawijaya urged the local government to pay attention to people's need for health and education by bringing in teachers and doctors, instead of buildin

Paulina Quintso – The Director General of the Ministry of Education Antoninho Pires said that in 2015 the ministry was able to rehabilitate over 300 schools across the whole Timorese territory.

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Jakarta – Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama said on Tuesday he had told the city's education agency head to pay more attention to the physical condition of school buildings as he found that of

Magetan – The Education and Culture Minister, Anies Baswedan, has said that one-fourth of the nation's schools will begin to use the 2013 curriculum this year, after earlier suspension due to glitc

Venidora Oliveira – The Director Director for Corporative Services of the Ministry of Education (ME) Antoninho Pires said his ministry continues to lack school inspectors.

Jakarta – The Constitutional Court (MK) ruled on Wednesday that reproductive health education should not be explicitly included in the national curriculum.

Jakarta – Education and Culture Minister Anies Baswedan is on the right track toward improving the quality of national education, say education experts.

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Corry Elyda, Jakarta – Students have expressed their lack of interest in the compulsory singing of the national anthem or traditional songs before classes that are currently imposed by the Educatio

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The government is rolling out a new program starting in the 2015 academic year that places heavy emphasis on nurturing students' characters outside normal study.

Archipelago – The high rate of illiteracy in Papua's two provinces has stalled development programs in the region, an official has said.

Andreyka Natalegawa, Jakarta – Civil society organizations and education experts have called on the national government to employ a holistic plan of action in reforming the Indonesian education sys

One sunny November school day at a school in Tagime, hundreds of primary and secondary students are outside having a whale of a time.

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Jakarta – The Ombudsman has found that national exams administered for both junior and senior high school students in April and early May were plagued by problems, including one affecting the newly

Kennial Caroline Laia, Jakarta – A national adolescent sexual and reproductive health conference hosted by five civil society organizations hopes to be the start of a movement educating Indonesia's

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Indonesia has achieved only half of the global target for early childhood education, while its rate of primary school enrollment has dropped and the number of primary schoo

The numbers are in and they're not pretty.

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Yuli Krisna, Bandung – Teachers in Bandung, West Java, have raised concerns over the distribution of thousands of school books, which they say teach religious intolerance and radicalism.

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Estevao Nuno – National Member of Parliament MP Virgilio da Costa Hornai, President of Commission F (for health, education, culture, sports, veteran affairs and gender equality) called for the Mini

Jakarta – Across a vast archipelagic country with diverse sets of values and a strongly decentralised political framework – local politicians in Indonesia can be relied on to come out with the occa

Estevao Nuno – One of the priorities for the Ministry of Education (ME) in 2015 is to use funds allocated in the State Budget for education to rehabilitate 800 schools presently in very poor condit

Alicia Barker & Eva Corlett, Jakarta – In the leafy surrounds of Menteng, Central Jakarta, nestles St. Theresia high school, an educational institution that is luckier than most.

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Paulina Quintao – The results of an assessment conducted by the National Commission for the Rights of the Child (KNDL) in Timor-Leste show that some 67% of children get some form of physical punish

Paulina Quintao – Students have come forward concerned about the quality of teaching in schools across Timor because of teachers who abandon classes because they teach in more than one school concu

Jakarta – Teachers have complained about the inclusion of piety as a category of student assessment in the 2013 curriculum.

Jakarta – The government will start implementing a 12-year compulsory education program next June, according to Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture Puan Maharani.

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Jakarta – In another landmark reform for the country's educational system, Culture and Primary and Secondary Education Minister Anies Baswedan announced on Monday that the ministry woul

Paulina Quintao – Research by the National University of Timor Lorosa'e's (UNTL) gender studies unit has shown that many female students are shunning school because of a lack of toilet

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – An investigation led by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) in 20 regencies and cities has found that the management of the country's 2014 Rp 368 trillio

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Paulina Quintao – The Education Ministry's declaration that six districts are free from illiteracy is incorrect as it does not take into account adult illiteracy, says Timor-Leste Coali

Paulina Quintao – Analytical skills and critical thinking will be the focus of the new primary school curriculum to be introduced by the Education Ministry.

Kennial Caroline Laia, Jakarta – New government policy, which overhauls the controversial 2013 school curriculum, has drawn criticism from education stakeholders, claiming Indonesia's e

Indra Budiari, Jakarta – A recent survey conducted by the European Union (EU) and the Culture and Elementary and Secondary Education Ministry has revealed that Indonesia's elementary ed

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – The government officially suspended the implementation of the much-criticized 2013 national curriculum, ordering schools in the country to return to the 2006

Jakarta – Culture and Elementary and Secondary Education Minister Anies Baswedan has vowed to increase the training of teachers following his decision to scrap the 2013 national curricu

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – Despite potential chaos in the education system following his recent decision to drop the much-criticized 2013 national curriculum, Culture and Elementary an

Jakarta – A little-known but far-reaching regulation kicks in today that threatens to water down the quality of education at some of Indonesia's top schools, and could see the schools s

Paulina Quintao – Educators are using classroom time to conduct business activities, according to Timor-Leste Coalition for Education (TLCE) program manager Matias dos Santos.