Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – A student from the National University (UNAS) in South Jakarta has been reported to the police after protesting against the university's fee discount policy ea

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Jakarta – Hundreds of students from the Jakarta United Student Movement (GMJB) Alliance held a demonstration in front of the Ministry of Education and Culture (Kemendikbud) building on

Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jakarta – Age is more than just a number for aspiring high school students in Jakarta.

Imam Hamdi, Jakarta – An epidemiologist at the University of Indonesia, Tri Yunis Miko Wahyono, reminded the government to slow down in opening the schools at the new normal period.

Apriza Pinandita, Jakarta – Members of the Indonesian diaspora, particularly in academia, have called on the government to boost its engagement with academics abroad by rolling out a m

Made Anthony Iswara, Jakarta – Private universities, teachers and students are urging the government to step up its education policies, criticizing its latest financial assistance as i

Nina A. Loasana and Ni Nyoman Wira, Jakarta – A decision made by the Education and Culture Ministry to collaborate with streaming platform Netflix has been met with criticism.

Made Anthony Iswara and Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – Tody Yusuf, 35, said he became worried upon hearing that his child's kindergarten in East Lampung may soon reopen.

Nina Loasana, Jakarta – The Education and Culture Ministry has announced that the country will allow phased reopening of schools located in COVID-19 low-risk areas, or "green zones", s

Apriza Pinandita, Jakarta – More than half of schools across the country say they are not ready to resume face-to-face learning in the so-called "new normal" period due to a lack of in

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Agnes Anya, Magelang – Teacher Henrikus Suroto vowed his students wouldn't be cheated out of their education when the global pandemic forced schools to be closed in Indonesia's remote

Jakarta – Vice President Ma'ruf Amin has instructed his subordinates to draw up a list of pesantren (Islamic boarding schools) to receive financial assistance from the government durin

Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – Yogyakarta-based Gadjah Mada University (UGM) has joined the ranks of the world's top 300 universities, moving up 66 places to land in 254th position on the 20

Made Anthony Iswara and Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jakarta – Wearing a black-and-gray scarf as a face mask, teacher Fransiskus Xaverius Faimau, 37, in North Central Timor regency, East Nusa

Tara Marchelin, Jakarta – The government plans to start the new academic year normally in July, but classes may reopen at a later time due to national health crisis caused by the coron

Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – Students nationwide have written an open letter to urge Education and Culture Minister Nadiem Makarim to reduce the Single Tuition Fee (UKT) for universit

Egi Adyatama, Jakarta – The Indonesian Teachers Association (PGRI) asserted that now is not the time for face-to-face teaching and learning activities in schools.

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – The government is mulling over plans to reopen school campuses by the end of the year or at the beginning of 2021, after students were required to study from h

Gemma Holliani Cahya and Made Anthony Iswara, Jakarta – It has been three months since Heriyanto, 52, a fifth-grade teacher at SD 08 elementary school in Berinang Mayung in remote Land

Kiki Siregar, Jakarta – Rahima Malik, 29, has dreamed of being a teacher since she was pursuing a teaching degree with a major in Indonesian literature.

Tara Marchelin, Jakarta – The Women Empowerment and Child Protection Ministry says it is preparing "new normal" guidelines for schools that will be closely based on Covid-19 health pro

Apriza Pinandita, Jakarta – Education and Culture Minister Nadiem Makarim has acknowledged that technological discrepancies between schools have reduced the effectiveness of home-based

Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jakarta – Who runs the schools? Women.

Markus Makur, East Manggarai, East Nusa Tenggara – While the COVID-19 pandemic forces students to study from home and interact with their tutors through the internet, a teacher in East

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – Students throughout the country have complained about a lack of engagement from their teachers after classes were forced migrate online as a result of the

Jakarta – Elementary school teachers in Sanggau regency, West Kalimantan, an Indonesian province on the island of Borneo that borders Malaysia, are using state radio broadcasts by RRI

Jakarta – A television journalist and tutor at homegrown online tutoring platform Ruangguru has called on Skill Academy, the platform's subsidiary, which has partnered with the governm

Many Indonesians dream of studying abroad.

Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jakarta – More than 45 million Indonesians students are holed up at home for the rest of the academic year, as schools close to curb the spread of the COVID-19 di

Nina Loasana, Jakarta – Public television broadcaster TVRI will air a full-day educational program called Belajar dari Rumah (Study from Home) for three months to help students who are

Sri Krishnamurthi – A remarkable 120 West Papuan students – all on scholarships – are studying in New Zealand, says Laurens Ikinia, a postgraduate student at Auckland University of Tec

Jakarta – Campuses should be centers of public discourse uncontaminated by any governmental vested interest.

Djemi Amnifu, Kupang – A four-meter-tall wall has blocked an access road leading to Petra private Christian elementary school in Alak district, Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), forcin

Over the last few decades, Indonesia has taken great strides to expand access to education.

Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – Indonesia's Tanoto Foundation has joined hands with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) to develop the first tools for measuring early childhood d

M Niaz Asadullah – Indonesia is home to one of the largest and most diverse education systems in the world.

Sitti Hikmawatty, a child protection commissioner, was forced to apologise in late February after making the false claim that pregnancy could occur through "indirect contact" between p

Jakarta – The Communications and Information Ministry is collaborating with more than 100 communities in Indonesia to run digital literacy programs nationwide.

Jakarta – Australia's Monash University will open a new campus in Jakarta this year, after becoming the first foreign university to acquire the Indonesian government's approval to make

Lukman Solihin – The 85 million children growing up in Indonesia are the first generation in the country's history to experience sustained economic growth.

Dili – The government of Timor-Leste has expressed its gratitude to New Zealand for helping to evacuate 17 Timorese students from Wuhan, the city in China which is the centre of the co

Yulia Savitri, Palembang – Indonesian university students who returned from China amid the coronavirus outbreak thought they could rest easy once they arrived in South Sumatra on Satur

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has issued a presidential regulation (Perpres) turning the Hindu Dharma State Institute (IHDN) in Denpasar, Bali into the country's first Hindu

Luthfi T Dzulfikar, Jakarta – In December last year, Indonesia's Minister of Education Nadiem Makarim announced sweeping changes to the education sector through four priority reforms.

Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – A video made by students of SD Samudrajaya 04 state elementary school in Samudrajaya village, Tarumajaya district, Bekasi regency, West Java, in which they pub

Agus Pabika, Jayapura – The Provincial Government of Papua would attempt to address problems facing the exodus students who continue to stay in Jayapura City, Papua.

Fadli, Batam, Riau Islands – A religious studies teacher at SMKN 1 state vocational high school in Anambas regency, Riau Islands, is to be slapped with a warning letter after calling a

Jakarta – A female student in Anambas regency, Riau, has decided to drop out of vocational high school after allegedly being subjected to constant verbal abuse by her peers.