Siami, the woman who reported systemic cheating at a Surabaya elementary school, attended a meeting via video conference with NGOs on Thursday.

Nurfika Osman – A worrying rise in sectarian and religious conflicts around the country could be traced back to the poor implementation of civic education in schools, experts said on Tu

Jakarta – A number of teachers launched on Tuesday a new association called the Indonesian Civic Teachers Association (IGCI), amid growing concerns on a need for character education to

Indra Harsaputra and Hyginus Hardoyo, Surabaya/Jakarta – Cheating in exams constitutes a fraudulent action classified as an achievement that is not praiseworthy, like corruption.

Jakarta – Clad in uniforms sprayed with various colors, high school seniors paraded around throughout the country on Monday to celebrate passing the national exam this year.

Nurfika Osman – The new grading system for the national exams has seen a staggering 99.22 percent of senior high school students pass the recently concluded tests.

Jakarta – The national exams currently underway nationwide have been plagued by problems of systemic misconduct among schools and education agency officials, the Muhammadiyah Youth Asso

Amid growing radicalism in Indonesia, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has reportedly supported the People's Consultative Assembly's call to extend the teaching of national ideology a

Medan – National exams held at senior high schools in Medan have been marred by cheating involving the schools and students, an NGO says.

Jakarta – The Religious Affairs Ministry has called on regions to adopt an official standardized exam for Islamic studies in schools.

Elly Burhaini Faizal, Jakarta – Indonesia will need to make significant strides in resolving financial problems impeding its efforts to establish universal healthcare coverage by 2014,

Ronna Nirmala – If you were a schoolteacher who learned that the official answer key of a test, prepared by the Ministry of Education and used by examiners to grade students, contained

Dessy Sagita & Arientha Primanita – With the national school examinations looming later this month, educators are focusing on tight supervision to prevent the recurring problems of

Palembang – Different from the national education minister's statement, the Indonesian Teachers Association (PGRI) has conceded that many regions in Indonesia still suffer a teacher sho

Semarang – Central Java Governor Bibit Waluyo said he failed to understand schools in the province that refused to follow his instruction that every school should play patriotic songs e

Camelia Pasandaran – Desperate schools in Tangerang have resorted to borrowing money from students and teachers after the district government halted the distribution of operational aid

Jakarta – Indonesia's education development index (EDI) dropped to 69th in 2011, down from its rank of 65th last year.

Nurfika Osman – Bowing to intense criticism and pressure from activists and academics, the government has finally decided to recall a series of 10 books on President Susilo Bambang Yudh

Arientha Primanita – Slowly but surely, Malaka Jaya 06 Elementary School in Duren Sawit, East Jakarta, is falling apart.

Nurfika Osman – Despite mounting criticism, the Ministry of National Education said on Friday that it would not recall a series of books on President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono circulated

Jakarta – The National Education Ministry says it will investigate allegations of publication of books on President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono using funds intended for education.

Matt Crook, Lautem – The nuns were creating an almighty din.

Dessy Sagita & Shari Nijman, Jakarta – There are very serious consequences that could result from Indonesian society's continued reluctance to acknowledge that children need to lear

Nurfika Osman, Jakarta – Sex education will be "integrated" into Indonesian classrooms for the first time as the nation faces up to an increasing number of HIV/AIDS cases in the country

Dessy Sagita, Jakarta – Teachers and education activists have called on the House of Representatives to repeal a law obliging all districts to have at least one international-standard s

It may be a cliche, but financial constraints continue to thwart Indonesia's efforts to improve the nation's quality of education, prompting universities to seek financial support from

Nurfika Osman, Jakarta – Academic prowess is apparently not enough at one vocational school in Magetan, East Java. Add to that irreproachable morals.

Jakarta – In an evaluation of the first year's performance of the National Education Ministry, a coalition of activists said it had failed to deal with key problems.

Nurfika Osman, Jakarta – Are education councils effective? Activists on Monday said no.

Dessy Sagita, Jakarta – Activists have slammed the government for not allocating more funds to aid poor students while preparing to spend billions on its vehicle fleet and laptops.

Madura, East Java – Manpower Minister Muhaimin Iskandar is calling on the education sector to equip students with skills that will help them in the job market.

Bilhuda Haryanto, Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights is planning to help teachers file corruption complaints with the antigraft body.

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung – In the eyes of many senior high-school students in Bandung, West Java, a famous New Order propaganda film documenting the Sept.

Jakarta – Tertiary education is becoming more elitist compared with the 1990s and 1990s, with the participation of those from less well off families dropping.

Jakarta – Religious radicalism in schools lives, despite efforts by the government and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to reverse the trend.

Arientha Primanita & Ulma Haryanto, Jakarta – Transparency on the part of the city administration is key to improving education and teaching facilities, the chief of a learning cent

Jakarta – Zulfika Rochmah stood shyly in front of the crowd, trying to explain why school was so important to her.

Jakarta – Sex education has been in place in many schools across the country, but Education Minister Muhammad Nuh expressed on Thursday his objection to the extra curricular subject.

Ulma Haryanto – The chief of an open learning center for the poor and a city councilor have joined critics who say that international-standard schools not only widen the gap between the

Putri Prameshwari – The government's intentions may be good, but education experts have serious doubts about whether the government can pull off its plan to introduce 12 years of compul

East Timor's two official languages are Tetum and Portuguese, but at least sixteen languages are spoken there.

Markus Makur, Timika – More than 500 elementary school teachers are needed in Mimika, Papua province, to prevent remote areas of the regency from lagging behind in education, Mimika Edu

Dina Indrasafitri, Jakarta – As the country celebrated National Education Day, which falls every May 2, critics are lamenting what they call an "authoritarian standardization" of educat

Indah Setiawati, Jakarta – Various stakeholders have started a round of finger pointing at teachers and students to say who's to blame for the rising number of high school students fail

Arientha Primanita – City councilors on Wednesday admonished the Jakarta administration for the drop in passing rates for the national exam this year, adding pressure to overhaul its ed

Putri Prameshwari & Emmy Fitri – Despite government claims that the lower number of students passing the national examinations this year was due to tighter supervision that made che

Arghea Desafti Hapsari, Jakarta – Business will continue as usual for Indonesia's largest universities despite a recent annulment of a 2009 law on educational legal entities by the Cons

Camelia Pasandaran & Anita Rachman – For the first time, the Constitutional Court on Wednesday annulled an entire law.

Camelia Pasandaran & Anita Rachman – The Constitutional Court, criticized last week for rejecting a judicial review of the Anti-Pornography Law, is back in favor, at least with univ

Anita Rachman – Angry that controversial national exams have been given the green light, a group of students and parents want to force compliance with a 2009 court ruling mandating impr