The Jakarta Post

Debate competition kicks off `Youthspeak Fun Day'

admin — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:13:27 +0700

Seventy-two high school students from 24 high schools wowed audiences and judges during a preliminary round of an English debate competition on the first day of "Youthspeak Fun Day" on Friday.

Ministry’s program to get schools online meets with criticism

admin — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:21:41 +0700

The House of Representatives’ Commission X, which oversees education, criticized Wednesday the National Education Ministry’s program to provide schools with Internet access.

Teachers urged to boost students participation

admin — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:23:50 +0700

The Indonesian Teachers Association (PGRI) has told its members to do away with conventional teaching methods and develop new teaching paradigms allowing for more active student participation.

Teaching college aims to raise education standards

admin — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:42:20 +0700

Seventeen-year-old Sufyan Suri could not hide his enthusiasm when he spoke of his dream to become a teacher.

University aims to create new middle class

admin — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:23:58 +0700

Jakarta's Paramadina University, in cooperation with corporate partners, is offering full scholarships to talented students as it bids to "strengthen society's middle class", says rector Anies Basw

Govt mulls over asking students to take more graduation exams

admin — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:31:12 +0700

The government is considering whether to put in place more exams for students graduating from high and junior high schools, to assess their physical skills and behavior.

Larger education spending increases corruption: ICW

admin — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 10:19:15 +0700

On Friday, the Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) reported 142 graft cases, which allegedly took place at various institutions within the national education sector between 2004 and 2008, to the KPK f

Be entrepreneurs, business tycoon tells high-schoolers

admin — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 11:55:06 +0700

Business tycoon Ciputra said that the country lacks the entrepreneurs it needs to make it more economically developed, saying that a new paradigm in teaching was needed in order to keep up with oth

Students weave the good and the bad into film

admin — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 12:23:13 +0700

A good mix of books, coffee and fun at Bandung's Reading Lights

admin — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 12:23:07 +0700