Inequality of education in Indonesia

Everyone has the right to get an education. It is basically education itself that teaches people to think and act.  Education today has spawned many different kinds of educational models, for example, formal and non-formal education ranging from pre-school to tertiary education. Indonesia is a country full of dynamics, especially in the field of education. It should be the priority in Indonesia, but unfortunately there are many people in Indonesia there are so many people who cannot feel the pleasure of education. Although there is a government program of nine-year compulsory education, many children are still unable to attend school. Not only because their parents cannot afford it, also because they live so far away from the school and many other reasons.

In big cities in Indonesia, e.g. Jakarta, Bandung, Surabaya, Medan, Makassar, etc., most of the schools have good facilities and good quality of teachers, no leaking in the classrooms and easy internet access, where the students has lots more opportunity to develop themselves. In big cities in Indonesia, the children do not need to work to help their parents to earn money, so they have more time to study and play with their friends.

On the other hands, in some rural schools in Indonesia, the schools have bad facilities and bad qualities of teachers, leaking in the classrooms, poor building quality and difficult internet access. In rural areas of Indonesia, some of the children work to help their parents to earn money, even some of them drop out from school.

Some schools have also begun to rise up to international standard schools (e.g. JIS) and national plus schools/schools which applies national and international curriculum (e.g. Sekolah Cita Buana). Which provides great opportunities in the education sector. The government should be proud of this, but whether it can affect existing schools sidelines, which only has one teacher, one classroom and walked away to go to school.

  

Left to right: A school with a poor building quality in Pantai Bahagia village, Muara Gembong town, Bekasi regency, West Java, A national plus school called Sekolah Cita Buana in Jagakarsa, South Jakarta, An international school called JIS (Jakarta International School).

Statistics:

Name of Province
		Never attended school	Not yet graduated elementary school	Elementary school	Junior High School	Senior High School	Vocational School	College/University
11	Aceh	6,67	19,05	26,85	19,58	20,42	1,10	6,32
12	North Sumatra	6,11	19,58	24,96	19,78	22,18	2,49	4,90
13	West Sumatra	6,56	23,54	25,55	17,42	18,58	2,25	6,09
14	Riau	6,18	20,34	28,37	18,56	19,60	1,92	5,03
15	Jambi	7,59	21,40	30,12	17,83	16,67	1,56	4,83
16	South Sumatra	6,25	21,10	33,75	16,91	16,65	1,12	4,22
17	Bengkulu	7,32	21,84	28,14	17,63	17,81	1,79	5,47
18	Lampung	6,40	20,74	33,53	19,90	14,45	1,47	3,50
19	Bangka Belitung	7,27	24,14	32,20	14,85	15,08	2,23	4,22
21	Riau Islands	6,96	17,37	19,46	14,79	29,66	5,38	6,37
31	Jakarta CR	2,85	12,94	17,81	19,09	30,23	4,20	12,87
32	West Java	7,22	17,87	35,51	16,29	16,07	1,86	5,17
33	Central Java	9,57	19,32	35,20	17,33	12,99	1,51	4,07
34	Yogyakarta SR	9,99	15,21	21,33	16,45	23,33	4,04	9,64
35	East Java	12,37	17,67	32,02	16,88	14,97	1,70	4,39
36	Banten	7,38	18,01	29,79	17,57	19,40	2,06	5,79
51	Bali	12,09	16,42	26,37	14,10	22,15	1,57	7,28
52	West Nusa Tenggara	20,47	20,27	25,01	14,74	14,33	0,85	4,33
53	East Nusa Tenggara	15,30	27,04	31,08	11,07	10,50	1,41	3,60
61	West Kalimantan	12,47	25,89	29,33	14,55	13,06	1,20	3,49
62	Central Kalimantan	5,38	22,29	33,27	17,92	15,00	1,22	4,93
63	South Kalimantan	6,55	23,57	31,72	16,68	15,38	1,27	4,82
64	East Kalimantan	5,85	19,70	24,86	17,69	22,80	2,72	6,37
71	North Sulawesi	2,98	21,52	25,94	19,28	20,92	3,74	5,63
72	Central Sulawesi	7,95	23,00	32,26	15,94	14,64	1,58	4,63
73	South Sulawesi	13,69	20,60	27,15	14,57	16,79	1,27	5,92
74	South-East Sulawesi	11,44	23,35	25,34	15,88	16,83	1,44	5,72
75	Gorontalo	6,50	35,33	28,01	12,05	12,53	1,59	4,00
76	West Sulawesi	14,75	25,77	29,66	13,28	11,05	1,19	4,30
81	Maluku	6,46	22,05	26,19	16,22	20,73	2,51	5,84
82	North Maluku	6,96	24,12	28,40	16,64	17,12	1,61	5,14
91	West Papua	10,96	21,18	21,38	16,96	19,24	3,70	6,58
94	Papua	38,38	17,31	15,07	11,06	12,02	2,46	3,68