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Education improvement program launched in W. Papua
For quality education: West Papua Deputy Governor Irene Manibuy (center) strikes a pose together with USAID Prioritas education management counselor Mark Heyward (second left) and Ahmad Rizali, special staffer from the Culture and Elementary and Secondary Education Ministry (second right), after signing an agreement on the launch of the USAID Prioritas program in West Papua on Wednesday
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For quality education: West Papua Deputy Governor Irene Manibuy (center) strikes a pose together with USAID Prioritas education management counselor Mark Heyward (second left) and Ahmad Rizali, special staffer from the Culture and Elementary and Secondary Education Ministry (second right), after signing an agreement on the launch of the USAID Prioritas program in West Papua on Wednesday. South Manokwari Education Agency chief Simson Aronggear (left) and STKIP Muhammadiyah Manokwari head Abdil Rosik also attended the ceremony. (Courtesy of USAID Prioritas) (center) strikes a pose together with USAID Prioritas education management counselor Mark Heyward (second left) and Ahmad Rizali, special staffer from the Culture and Elementary and Secondary Education Ministry (second right), after signing an agreement on the launch of the USAID Prioritas program in West Papua on Wednesday. South Manokwari Education Agency chief Simson Aronggear (left) and STKIP Muhammadiyah Manokwari head Abdil Rosik also attended the ceremony. (Courtesy of USAID Prioritas)
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span class="caption">For quality education: West Papua Deputy Governor Irene Manibuy (center) strikes a pose together with USAID Prioritas education management counselor Mark Heyward (second left) and Ahmad Rizali, special staffer from the Culture and Elementary and Secondary Education Ministry (second right), after signing an agreement on the launch of the USAID Prioritas program in West Papua on Wednesday. South Manokwari Education Agency chief Simson Aronggear (left) and STKIP Muhammadiyah Manokwari head Abdil Rosik also attended the ceremony. (Courtesy of USAID Prioritas)
The Culture and Elementary and Secondary Education Ministry, the West Papua administration and the US Agency for International Development (USAID) launched on Wednesday the Prioritizing Reform, Innovation and Opportunities for Reaching Indonesia's Teachers, Administrators and Students (Prioritas) program in West Papua, making it the ninth Indonesian province to partner with the program.
Ministry special staffer Ahmad Rizali said USAID's Prioritas was in line with and could support strategic plans, including strengthening teachers' skills to help students in their learning activities, as initiated by Culture and Elementary and Secondary Education Minister Anies Baswedan.
'On behalf of the culture and elementary and secondary education minister, I want to express our thanks for USAID Prioritas' support in Indonesia,' he said in a statement on Thursday.
He said USAID's Prioritas would give better learning opportunities to more than 2,500 elementary school students in Indonesia.
West Papua Deputy Governor Irene Manibuy said the USAID Prioritas program was in line with educational needs in the province. She said the poor reading capacity of elementary school students in West Papua was among the biggest educational challenges that the provincial administration was facing. She said there should be a special effort to increase students' reading abilities.
'One of the programs focused on by USAID Prioritas is to increase the reading capacity of students in early classes by using books, which offers reading strategies and benefits the Papua Contextual Book Packages [BPKP]. Thus, this program is in line with what we need,' said Irene.
In its implementation, the USAID Prioritas program will give technical support to Teacher Training College (STKIP) Muhammadiyah Manokwari and the South Manokwari administration.
'We will work with teachers, heads of schools, school committees and students to overcome the province's biggest challenges, namely providing access to quality education to students and improving teachers' professionalism,' said USAID Prioritas counselor for education management Mark Heyward at the West Papua governor's office in Manokwari.
USAID Prioritas has been implemented in Aceh, Banten, Central Java, East Java, North Sumatra, South Sulawesi and West Java since 2012. In Papua, the program began in 2014, followed by West Papua this year. (ebf)(++++)
