Education
From The Report: Indonesia 2015
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Ranking fourth globally in size after China, India and the US, Indonesia’s education system is large and varied, a complex interweaving of public and private systems all governed to some extent by centralised and decentralised government oversight. A succession of governments has seen education as one of the country’s most powerful economic levers and has formulated plans to exploit it by providing road maps for excellence in education, both public and private. Although the education system faces challenges all along the line, the reasons to continue to strive for academic excellence are many. This means introducing and promoting entrepreneurship, championing excellence in teacher training, changing the national exams system where necessary, encouraging vocational training to close the skills gap and ramping up innovation to compete in a knowledge-based economy within the AEC.

This chapter contains interviews with Anies Baswedan, Minister of Primary and Secondary Education and Culture; and Nenny Soemawinata, Managing Director, Putera Sampoerna Foundation.

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Overview

Addressing Indonesia’s skills gap
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Ranking fourth globally in size after China, India and the US – and the third largest in Asia – Indonesia’s education system is both large and varied, a complex interweaving of public and private systems all governed to some extent by centralised and decentralised governmental oversight. Economic Lever By 2030 Indonesia is expected be the world’s seventh-largest economy, according to the McKinsey Global Institute. Its huge source of youthful human capital has the potential to be one of…

Analysis

Boosting Indonesian educational institutions’ competitiveness and R&D in Indonesia
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After President Joko Widodo’s administration took the reins of government in 2014, it implemented changes to the structure and mission of the education system. These changes aim to enhance the competitiveness of the workforce and increase the amount of research and development (R&D) activities conducted by students, researchers and entrepreneurs. A New System The restructuring reinforced the twotier system of education but changed its focus. Separating higher education from the (former) Ministry…

Interview

Anies Baswedan, Minister of Primary and Secondary Education and Culture: Interview
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Interview:Anies Baswedan How would you evaluate current government spending and efforts on education? ANIES BASWEDAN: Education is the foundation for the progress of any nation. There is no doubt that any real investment in human capital will always yield benefits for the nation. Indonesia has invested significantly in improving primary education, and has achieved many of its goals over the past decades. Today, 94% of the population is literate, which is quite different from 70 years ago.…

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Nenny Soemawinata, Managing Director, Putera Sampoerna Foundation: Interview
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Interview:Nenny Soemawinata What can be done to boost the number of qualified educators across the country? NENNY SOEMAWINATA: If we are to have intellectual and professional students, we need intellectual and professional teachers. There is a disparity between the west and the east of the country, where teachers might not be qualified to perform as such and might even need to have another job. The question is how to bring well-qualified teachers to rural areas in the east. These regions…

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Nenny Soemawinata, Managing Director, Putera Sampoerna Foundation: Interview
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Interview:Nenny Soemawinata What can be done to boost the number of qualified educators across the country? NENNY SOEMAWINATA: If we are to have intellectual and professional students, we need intellectual and professional teachers. There is a disparity between the west and the east of the country, where teachers might not be qualified to perform as such and might even need to have another job. The question is how to bring well-qualified teachers to rural areas in the east. These regions…