A story about a girl's sexual naivete prompted a discussion about the importance of sex education in Indonesia recently, because apparently she didn't know what semen was.

Celestina Soares – The General Director of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport, Antoninho Pires said the Ministry has a mechanism to facilitate female students who fall pregnant

Diana Mariska, Jakarta – Low learning outcomes have been a scourge on Indonesia's education system and may undermine the country's future competitiveness, researchers warned.

Muh. Syaifullah, Yogyakarta – A total of 400 Indonesianists from 43 countries attend the World Indonesianist Congress held in Yogyakarta State University (UNY), on October 14-15.

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Hipolitus Yolisandry Ringgi Wangge, Jakarta – Massive demonstrations and riots in Papua are not the only pressing issues in Papua.

Beatrice Debut, Antsiranana, Madagascar – The bell of St.

Singapore – In his state of the nation address in August, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo outlined his vision to develop Indonesia's human capital.

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Jakarta – In a bid to improve higher education, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's administration plans to make it easier for foreigners to work in the country as rectors or lecturers.

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Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – Indonesia needs to buy more bench vixes and lathe machines while providing better training for its vocational trainers, as the country seeks to gear up the sk

Celestina Soares – The Timorese government through the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (MEJD) indicated it will include Tetum sign language in public schools as part of learning

Friski Riana, Jakarta – The head of the Indonesian Teachers Association (PGRI), Unifah Rosyidi, said one of the country's homework in the education sector is the lack of training for t

Jakarta – Forty-four-year-old Nining Suryani and her husband, Ebi Suhaebi, 50, have been living in the toilet building of the school in which Nining works as a contract teacher in Cige

Jakarta – For the past three months, SMP 21 state junior high school in Tangerang on Jl.

Suherdjoko, Semarang – The Central Java Education and Culture Agency has turned down the applications of 446 students who tried to enroll in state high schools in the province using fa

Muh. Syaifullah, Jakarta – Education and Culture Ministry Vocational High schools (SMK) Director M. Bakrun said some 2,000 SMKs will be closed due to its poor quality.

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has called for greater cooperation between Indonesia and Australia in vocational education.

Jakarta – Reports that SMP 44 state junior high school in East Jakarta is separating its stairways based on gender have gone viral on social media.

Suherdjoko, Semarang – State high schools and vocational schools in Central Java can only accommodate 45 percent of the province's junior high school graduates, Central Java Education

Markus Yuwono, Yogyakarta – The Karangtengah 3 State Primary School in Karangtengah Village, Wonosari sub-district, Gunung Kidul, Yogyakarta, has issued a circular on the enrolment of

Jakarta – With this year's school enrollment period having drawn to a close, East Java Governor Khofifah Indar Parawansa has apologized to parents who failed to place their children in

Muh Syaifullah, Jakarta – An academician at the Gadjah Mada University (UGM), Bagas Pujilaksono Widyakanigara Ph.

Jakarta – In this year's school enrollment, each state-run junior high school (SMP) in Bekasi, West Java is to allocate 2 percent of their total number of seats to candidates who displ

Jakarta (Antara) – President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has said vocational schools must be linked to the industry to enable graduates to meet the growing demands of the sector.

We have seen plenty of videos of Indonesian students engaging in incredibly awful and disrespectful behavior at school, from smoking in class to harassing and even attacking their teac

Jakarta – Eighteen students from SMPN 2 Pulau Sembilan junior high school in Kotabaru regency, South Kalimantan, had to spend 17 hours crossing the sea on a fishing boat to sit the com

News Desk, Jakarta – The Jakarta administration has rolled out a program to provide extra meals for schoolchildren in order to boost nutrition among children in the capital.

Tangerang – Rizky Amelia a 12th-grader in a senior high school in Tangerang, Banten, never thought that she would do her final examination in style, wearing a pair of sunglasses.

Jakarta – A certified internship program is being offered to 9,000 university students to provide them with first-hand job experience.

Sian Cain, Jakarta – With a great heave, a young man pushes the ancient, three-wheeled rickshaw down a ramp and it splutters to a start.

Bogor – Bogor regency launched on Friday in Cibinong a Quran recitation program called Bogor Ngaos for public school students in all districts.

Jakarta – In supporting the development of the fourth industrial revolution, also known as Industry 4.0, the government urged education institutions to cooperate in improving the quali

Kharisar Kahfi, Jakarta – The University of Indonesia (UI) once again leads the nation in the list of the most influential universities in emerging-economy countries, as the university

Jakarta – When Ms. Dinny asks her class who wants to be a teacher when they grow up, only one student raises a hand.

Jakarta – Education and Culture Minister Muhadjir Effendy said in a statement sent by his assistant to The Jakarta Post on Sunday that he appreciated what Catholic educational instituti

Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – Education and Culture Minister Muhadjir Effendy said on Saturday that educators should encourage multicultural dialogues with students to teach students to

Teaching is among the most under-appreciated professions in Indonesia, with many public school teachers earning below minimum wage in their respective regions while others work under th

Fadli, Batam – Dozens of residents of a housing complex in Batam, Riau Islands, and members of the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) attacked on Friday a vocational school building, forcing t

Sheany, Nusa Dua – Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati said Indonesia still had a long way to go to improve its education system, adding that programs designed and implemented by loc

Taufiq Siddiq, Jakarta – A number of articles contained in the Islamic Boarding Schools (Pesantren) and Religious Education Draft Bill (RUU) was met with protests from the Indonesian Co

Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jakarta – The Indonesian Communion of Churches (PGI) lamented the House of Representatives' proposal to regulate Sunday schools and catechism in a draft bill on pe

Many people are concerned about a growing climate of religious intolerance in Indonesia, not just among adults but children as well.

Jakarta – Thousands of contract teachers in Bekasi, West Java, have not received their salaries for the past two months on the back of the stalled deliberation of the revision to the ci

Benny Mawel, Jayapura – Abraham Hubi, thinks he's a very lucky boy to be studying at St.

In many parts of rural Indonesia, a lack of basic infrastructure means that many young children have no choice but to make dangerous journeys across rivers every day just to get to scho

Jakarta – Indonesia remains a leading destination for international schools in Southeast Asia, according to ISC Research data announced on Tuesday.

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has made improving the Indonesian workforce a focal point in his presidency, stating that investing into human resource development is the key t

Rachmadea Aisyah, Jakarta – The latest Youth Development Index (YDI) has revealed a gap between the quality of education received by youngsters and their chances of gaining employment i