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Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – A coalition of education activists from various NGOs criticizes President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono as ignorant of public rejection concerning the contro

Jakarta – This government has been trying to live up to its constitutional mandate by allocating 20 percent of the state budget toward various education programs across the country this

Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) said it suspected potential losses from mismanagement of the Special Allocation Fund (DAK) throughout Indonesia between 2003-

Prodita Sabarini, Jakarta – Amid the high spread of HIV and AIDS through sexual contact in Indonesia, youths are still finding it hard to discuss sexuality and safe sex with their paren

Anita Rachman – Lawmakers on Friday backed a Supreme Court decision urging the Ministry of National Education to improve school facilities and teachers' skills before conducting the nat

Jakarta – The National Commission on Child Protection said here Monday that instances of violence against children committed by teachers had this year increased dramatically compared to

Dessy Sagita – Allowing students who fail national exams to retake the tests will not resolve the problem of rampant cheating, a noted education expert said on Monday.

Mimika – More than 22 percent of the population in Mimika regency, Papua, or about 40,000 people, are illiterate.

Anita Rachman – At least 590,000 contract teachers working in state schools across the nation will not receive any guarantee of being awarded status as permanent employees, even though

Jakarta – The poor teaching of the Indonesian language is to blame for the low literacy rates of students at the elementary level, according to a study.

Indra Harsaputra, Surabaya – In a bid to help prevent misappropriation in the use of the school operational aids (BOS) fund, the Surabaya municipal administration is to draft a bylaw on

Jakarta – Experts and practitioners have criticized the national education system, which they said was discriminatory and a throwback to the colonial era.

Agus Maryono, Banyumas – Around 3,000 teachers of private schools in Banyumas, Central Java, have once again complained about the regency administration not paying them an honorarium fo

Nurfika Osman – Now those oppressed at school can say they have a voice.

Classes at some schools in Papua's Mimika district have been at a standstill for the past few months because their teachers are stuck in Timika city.

On Friday, the Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) reported 142 graft cases, which allegedly took place at various institutions within the national education sector between 2004 and 2008,

Anita Rachman – Corruption within the well-funded education system is a major factor in the failure of the Ministry of National Education to meet its policy goals, including reducing th

Peter Quiddington – Soon after East Timor voted for independence in 1999, Cuba marshalled its forces and sent hundreds of medical instructors to the tiny country, while preparing to rec

Camelia Pasandaran & Anita Rachman – The government found itself in Constitutional Court on Thursday defending its education autonomy law against nine citizens who want it annulled

Sara Everingham, Dili – East Timor's President says Australia should spend more of its aid money helping educate East Timorese.

A junior high student in Bandung, West Java complains her religion teacher burned her and fellow students with blown-out matches to teach them about hell.

Anita Rachman – The government's proposed budget allocation for the Ministry of National Education is too small to significantly improve educational standards, activists said on Tuesday

Rizal Harahap, Pekanbaru – A quarter of all children who finish primary school in Riau do not go on to junior high, and may fall prey to exploitation and abuse, says an official.

Agus Maryono and Oyos Saroso H.N., Purwokerto, Bandarlampung – Parents of students enrolling at state-run senior high schools have protested over the school enrollment system, which the

Bandung – More than 200 students from 10 elementary schools in Bandung Barag regency, West Java, were poisoned Thursday after consuming free milk packaged with a plastic logo of the Pro

Jakarta – The House of Representatives has accused the National Education Ministry of covering up rampant cheating during the recent National Exam.

Luh De Suriyani, Denpasar – Hundreds of students, social workers and NGOs activists celebrated the Nusantara AIDS Vigil (MRAN) 2009 on Saturday night by issuing a five-point statement,

Putri Prameshwari – In the latest move by a local government to adopt regulations inspired by Shariah Law, a district in East Java Province has reportedly banned public elementary schoo

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Around half the education agency heads across the country's 33 provinces are "incompetent" and only secured their positions because of campaigning they conducte

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – The newly endorsed law on legal education entities continues to ignite public outcry, despite the government's efforts to defuse accusations that the legislatio

Ni Komang Erviani, Denpasar – Dozens of students followed their counterparts across the nation in protesting against the recently passed education legal entity law, claiming it will tur

Agus Maryono, Purbalingga – Around 1,000 state-school teachers in Purbalingga, Central Java, have protested against a cut in their certification allowance, to which they are entitled in

Havana – Timor-Leste carried out its second National Literacy Teaching Graduation, a campaign developed with the Cuban program Yes I Can.

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Critics and education experts are up in arms after the House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a bill on educational legal entities, which detractors say w

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – A global ranking on education equity recently released by UNESCO has placed Indonesia 71st out of 129 countries surveyed, down from 62nd in 2007 and 58th in 200

Yuli Tri Suwarni and Rizal Harahap, Bandung, Medan – To commemorate the 63rd anniversary of the Indonesian Teachers Union (PGRI) on Tuesday, thousands of teachers across the country sta

Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – Ernawati recalls her outrage when her daughter, a second-grader at a private school in Bekasi, West Java, came home in tears one day.

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – A proposed bill to advance the privatization of top universities in the country may lead to classism and conflict, as higher tuition fees will prevent underpriv

The government's plan to increase the education budget to 20 percent of state expenditure, or around Rp 224.44 trillion (approximately US$24.45 billion), in 2009 has raised expectations

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – The government has confirmed the record high education budget next year will not mean free education for all, as the largest budget component will go to teacher

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – One-half of the Rp 224.4 trillion (US$24.45 billion) in the education budget proposed for next year has been allocated for ensuring all Indonesian children comp

Erwida Maulia and Desy Nurhayati, Jakarta – Lawmakers expressed skepticism Sunday over the government's plan to allocate 20 percent of the 2009 state budget to education, warning the am

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – The implementation of the electronic school textbook (e-books) policy has been met with glitches, with parents of students forced to buy expensive textbooks for

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – While millions of students across the country began the new academic year Monday, many parents were busy dealing with a problem that has yet to be addressed.

Slamet Susanto, Yogyakarta – Education activists in Yogyakarta on Friday set up monitoring posts to ensure the enrollment of new students in junior and senior high schools was carried o

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – With rampant child labor denying many the right to an education, the International Labor Organization (ILO) said Thursday the key to fighting it was education.

Agnes Winarti, Jakarta – Parents of new state elementary school students should be cautious of illegal school fees during the admission period and in the first months of school activiti

East Timor's president Jose Ramos Horta has called on Australia to be much more generous in providing access for East Timorese to work and study in Australia, describing Canberra's curr

Indra Harsaputra, Surabaya – The disbursement of school assistance (BOS) funds has failed to prevent 125,850 children from having to drop out of school in Surabaya, East Java, a municip