Jakarta – Many Indonesian students attend after-school tutoring sessions to get a better grasp of the material they are learning, but the success of these tutoring agencies raises quest

Anauli Karima Fai'ai in Auckland – Papuan students are appealing for support in New Zealand after the Indonesian government terminated the autonomous West Papuan scholarships of 42 tert

Sri Krishnamurthi – Students from West Papua are facing a difficult time in New Zealand since the beginning of the year after Indonesia said it would no longer fund their autonomous Wes

Marena Mane – Indigenous students from West Papua studying at universities across Aotearoa are defying an order from the Indonesian government to return home.

Jakarta – As the COVID-19 situation continues to improve in the country, the Indonesian International Islamic University (UIII) is set to begin holding in-person classes for students, i

Jakarta – At least eight young students died after a fire broke out at an Islamic boarding school in Karawang, West Java, on Monday.

Konradus Epa, Jakarta – Indonesia's Papua is to have an international university to increase educational quality in the impoverished region after the government this week issued a permi

Arrijal Rachman, Jakarta – Indonesia's Minister of Education, Culture, Research and Technology Nadiem Makarim said that the country is in a period of learning crisis.

Antara, Graven (Intern), Jakarta – The Indonesian Pediatric Association (IDAI) chairman, Piprim Basarah Yanuarso, said that Covid-19 cases among children showed a significant rise in th

Matthew Scott of Newsroom – International students in New Zealand are appealing to the Indonesian government in response to funding being pulled for the autonomous Melanesian provinces

An umbrella organisation representing Papuan students worldwide has been formed with a renewed commitment to strengthening their efforts to gain "quality education".

Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has placed more schools under hybrid learning to reduce the number of students in class, but experts and interest groups worried about

Theo Kelen, Jayapura, Jubi – Papuan students abroad have expressed their concerns regarding the fate of their education following the issuance of Law No.

Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – Indonesia's government is under mounting pressure to close schools temporarily as the number of Covid-19 infections rises significantly in the country, driven

Matthew Scott – The association representing international students from the West Papuan provinces of Indonesia have clapped back, saying the move is an "assassination of human resource

Pribadi Wicaksono, Jakarta – The Special Region of Yogyakarta administration has decided to temporarily stop the 100 percent physical attendance schooling (PTM) following a massive Covi

Antara, Jakarta – The number of Covid-19 cases in Bogor City's schools has almost doubled in just a day. On January 31, the city's health office recorded 45 positive cases.

Sri Krishnamurthi – A global Papuan student body International Alliance of Papuan Students Association Overseas (IAPSAO) is seeking a meeting with Indonesian president Joko "Jokowi" Wid

A global Papuan students abroad umbrella organisation has appealed for a meeting with President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to air their grievances over changes to the scholarship system which

The Indonesian government has denied claims by an umbrella group representing Papuan students on scholarships abroad that it is "assassinating" the provincial programme supporting studi

Ryan DagurRyan Dagur, Jakarta – Stories from Jayapura street vendors who didn't have time to tend to their children's education inspired Agustinus Kadepa and his colleagues to think abo

Juwita Trisna Rahayu – Lately, some schools in several Indonesian cities have had to return to online learning after detecting significant COVID-19 transmission.

A global Papuan student welfare advocacy group has condemned the Indonesian government's disruption of autonomous local education grants supporting studies abroad, branding the move as

Just a couple of weeks into the new semester, 90 schools throughout Jakarta had to shut temporarily after students and teachers tested positive for COVID-19.

Jayapura, Jubi – The Papua Legal Aid Institute or LBH Papua has asked the National Police's Mobile Brigade (Brimob) troops occupying three school buildings in Yahukimo District to immed

Konradus Epa, Jakarta – At least 1,000 students in Indonesia's Papua province held a protest at the local authority office in Yahukimo district demanding members of the police force mov

Jakarta – A circular requiring students from the Parahyangan Catholic University (Unpar) to follow a public lecture by President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo on Monday January 17 has gone viral

Antara, Jakarta – An epidemiologist from Sriwijaya University urged authorities in Indonesia to ensure that all children aged 6 to 11 must get vaccinated before allowing them to join a

Lani Diana Wijaya, Jakarta – Jakarta Deputy Governor Ahmad Riza Patria said seven schools in South Jakarta were closed following the findings of COVID-19 cases.

Jakarta – The question of whether we should send our kids back to school is not easy to answer, with parents caught in a dilemma between having their children exposed to a dangerous vir

Theo Kelen, Jayapura, Jubi – The number of active teachers in Papua is very lacking, especially in areas where the population is predominantly Indigenous Papuan.

Theo Kelen, Jayapura, Jubi – A total of 476,534 indigenous children in Papua and West Papua provinces do not attend school, says data from the Ministry of Education and Culture and the

Theo Kelen, Jayapura, Jubi – At least 366 elementary school students in Jayapura Regency, Papua cannot read, a recent survey by Wahana Visi Indonesia (WVI) says.

Ryan Dagur, Jakarta – Timor-Leste has inaugurated its first Catholic university, dedicated to St.

Antara, Jakarta – The Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology expressed support for government measures to hold vaccination for school pupils aged 6-11 to encourage the

Antara, Jakarta – The Bandung city government in West Java has decided to temporarily stop classroom schooling (PTM) in a number of schools after health officials reported new Covid-19

Jakarta – Education should follow developments in the world and teachers, as the catalyst of change in the education system, must follow their passion, in turn inspiring students to be

Emma Connors, Singapore – Monash University is working with tech giant Tokopedia and one of Indonesia's largest financial institutions, Bank Mandiri, as it begins an ambitious new chapt

A long-serving teacher in North Minahasa, North Sulawesi made headlines this week after her son came forward and revealed that she was appointed headmistress for a school that never exi

Johnny Blades – Church leaders warn the presence of Indonesian soldiers in classrooms in West Papua is proving traumatic for children in a region mired in conflict.

A video of elementary school boys crossing the river using styrofoam boxes in South Sumatra has been making its social media rounds in Indonesia this week, only to be met with local aut

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – The Education, Culture, Research, and Technology Minister Nadiem Makarim on Monday said the government is not necessarily worried about the potential Covid-19 tra

Kiki Siregar, Jakarta – It was 6am and the sun had just risen in Pasirhuni village, West Java, but Rudiat was already busy sorting out many books.

Konradus Epa, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has warned schools to raise health protocol standards or risk closure again following thousands of reported Covid-19 infections since s

COVID-19 clusters have been detected in over 1,000 Indonesian schools, a study by the Education Ministry showed, validating health experts' previous concerns about the government's insi

Dio Suhenda, Jakarta – Indonesia International Islamic University (UIII) in Depok, West Java, is finally ready to open its doors to students starting next week, the institution's admini

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo on Tuesday officially ratified the Presidential Regulation (Perpres) No.

Ryan Dagur, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has suspended the introduction of a regulation deemed by critics to discriminate against small private schools after a flood of protests

Jakarta – The government is calling for parents to get their kids aged 12-17 years vaccinated against Covid-19 immediately as schools reopen their doors.

Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – Schools have been reopening in a number of Indonesian regions this week with health protocols in place, particularly throughout the most populous island of Jav