Theresia Sufa, Bogor, West Java – Bogor regency is home to the highest number of damaged schools in Indonesia, due largely to an insufficient budget for infrastructure development, inaccurate data

Ganug Nugroho Adi, Surakarta, Central Java – Thousands of members of mass organizations affiliated with Indonesia's largest Islamic organization Nahdlatul Ulama and students of madrasah diniyah (Is

Agus Maryono, Purwokerto, Central Java – Thousands of members of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), the country's largest Islamic organization, flocked to Purwokerto town square in Banyumas regency, Central Jav

Jakarta – Jakarta administration secretary Saefullah has expressed regret over state electricity company PLN's cutting power to West Jakarta schools because of their late payments.

Danang Firmanto, Jakarta – Culture and Education Minister Muhadjir Effendy has a way to change the state of the national education system.

Paulina Quintao, The network Timor – Leste Coalition for Education (TLCE) recommended the Ministry of Education to conduct in-depth research on the implementation of mother tongue education in basi

Paulina Quintao – Some 340 students of Bogor and Maubara Public High Schools, in Liquisa municipality did not sit for their exams for first semester due to a strike called by volunteer teachers awa

Paulina Quintao – The Timor-Leste National Youth Council (CNJTL) considers language ability as one of the barriers impeding young Timorese access to opportunities offered in neighbouring countries

Paulina Quintao – National Members of Parliament (MPs) have questioned teaching quality and education standards across the country as grade five students in basic schools are still struggling to sp

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Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Culture and Education Minister Muhadjir Effendy intends to strengthen religious education for students by excluding it from the regular in-classroom curriculum and

Rhiannon Elston – At Rainha da Paz school in Dili, students play in the shadow of a burnt-out building.

Paulina Quintao – National Members of Parliament (MPs) have questioned teaching quality and education standards across the country as grade five students in basic schools are still struggling to sp

Paulina Quintao – The Timor-Leste Coalition for Education (TLCE) has expressed concern over the Ministry of Education's policy to turn several high schools into vocational schools due to the lack o

Jakarta – More than 1 million high school students across the country began taking the national exams that kicked off on Monday with some schools reporting delays caused by poor infrastructure.

Jakarta – School administrators in Jakarta have every reason to worry that the implementation of the computer-based national examinations could face difficulties given spotty internet connections a

Jakarta – A recent study commissioned by the Network for Education Watch Indonesia (JPPI) reveals the index of education services in Indonesia in 2016 ranks lower than the Philippines and Ethiopia.

Venidora Oliveira – National Member of Parliament has raised strong suspicions over the selection process of new students at the National University of Timor-Leste (UNTL) as some students with low

Paulina Quintao – Private secondary schools are refusing to accept young mothers wanting to continue their studies after giving birth as there is still no legal basis.

Indonesia has ordered a publisher to withdraw a sex-education book for children, which addresses the subject of masturbation, for being too vulgar.

Christine Franciska – A children's book is at the centre of a controversy in Indonesia because it teaches children about masturbation.

Jakarta – Ministry of Women's Empowerment and Child Protection has found that 35.90 percent of children in urban and rural areas have never attended school or dropped out due to a lack of financing

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has decided that the national examination (UN) will continue, rejecting the Culture and Education Ministry's proposal to scrap the standardized evaluation t

Ina Parlina and Moses Ompusunggu, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo told Education and Culture Minister Muhadjir Effendy on Wednesday to think twice before moving ahead with his plan to scra

Anton Hermansyah, Jakarta – In an effort to improve the vocational education system, the government has invited business players to contribute in an expanded role to shape the curriculum and set th

Moses Ompusunggu and Andi Hajramurni, Jakarta/Makassar – Seventeen-year-old Oliver Sianturi, in his final year at SMAN 8 senior high school in Bukit Duri, South Jakarta, said he believed the nation

Paulina Quintao – Teachers are continuing to use violence to discipline students at schools, even though there is a zero-tolerance policy in place.National MP Anastasia Amaral said she disagreed wi

Paulina Quintao – The school feeding menu has been criticized for being poor quality and lacking nutritious food.

Moses Ompusunggu and Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Building on the gains of past regimes that claimed to make education a priority, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo is seeking to take the country's educatio

Semarang, Central Java – The immigration office in Central Java has deported 51 students who had come from Timor Leste but were found staying in violation of stay permit regulations.

Paulina Quintao – The Ministry of Education has still not created a policy to ensure school principals accept female drop-outs so that they can continue their studies after childbirth.

Lily Yulianti Farid – A recent report placed Indonesia 60th out of 61 countries in terms of interest in reading.

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Indonesia is at risk of missing the opportunity to benefit from its demographic dividend – which will peak in 2025 to 2030 – as it struggles to keep its youth at schoo

Thomas Ora, Dili – The Timor-Leste government has appreciated a Catholic plan to prioritize peace education in schools which is needed to heal societal trauma from years of conflict.

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – Muslim students of junior high schools across Indonesia learn from their Islamic text books that Jews are "sly and untrustworthy" despite the fact that several verses in the

Paulina Quintao – The Ministry of Education has conducted Portuguese language testing for pre-school, secondary and vocational school teachers to assess their ability.

Jakarta – Apparently under pressure following trouble in the distribution of the Indonesian Smart Cards (KIP), a key point on President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's agenda, the Education and Culture Mini

Jakarta – Indonesia ranks 60th out of 61 countries in terms of reading interest, a study by Central Connecticut State University in the US has revealed.

Jakarta – Instead of impulsively throwing ideas with no backup research into the public arena, the culture and education minister needs to focus on resolving fundamental problems in the country's e

Jakarta – The president's administration will send 24 US-based Indonesian academics to Papua to improve education and agriculture in the region.

Jakarta – Culture and Education Minister Muhadjir Effendy has said that he will review the free school tuition policy because it is often deemed as a stumbling block to increasing public participat

Paulina Quintao – The Mobile Library Program being implemented in the country through the Alola Foundation is aiming to develop a culture of reading among pupils.

Paulina Quintao – The policy of equivalent education has been criticized as being unfair to dropout youths due to the learning environment, which is different to the formal system.

Paulina Quintao – The Ministry of Education (ME) has established nine community centers this year aimed at improving study opportunities for illiterate people.

Paulina Quintao – Some teachers are still using corporal punishment to discipline students while at school, according to the President of the National Commission for the Rights of the Child (CNDL),

Tama Salim, Jakarta – A global higher education index has found Indonesia is lagging behind ASEAN neighbors in academic excellence as the country is represented by only two higher education institu

Liza Yosephine, Jakarta – A civil society group has called on the government to include sex education in the school curriculum starting from this year to prevent wrong and misguided information on

The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has called on the government to revise school history books, which it believes have been manipulated for decades by those in power.

Stefani Ribka, Jakarta – While more people are literate in the country, the country still struggles to make reading a habit.

Corry Elyda, Jakarta – Jakarta has spent more than Rp 11 trillion (US$847 million) on education in the last two years. New schools have been built, and existing ones renovated.