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An Online Gift to Indonesia’s Pupils
Wednesday, June 30, 2010 20:00:00
You know your ambitions are large when your aim is to single-handedly work against the corruption and negligence in Indonesia’s education system. (70 clicks)
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Writing A Thesis Or Paper - Food For Thought
Saturday, August 22, 2009 12:00:00
I am frequently asked for assistance with references and information from university students and this I accept as one of the ways that students are utilizing the new technologies and I am pleased that they are searching for information using all available resources. (1653 clicks)
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Govt to Continue Nuke Power Plant : Minister ; Science/Technology
Thursday, July 23, 2009 16:17:00
JEPARA, KOMPAS.com-The government will continue its plan to build a nuclear power plant in Indonesia, Research and Technology Minister Kusmayanto Kadiman said here on Thursday. (590 clicks)
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Budget for Public Order Officers Surpasses Education Funding
Tuesday, June 02, 2009 02:22:00
KOMPAS.com - Jakarta?s public order officers (Satpol PP) have turned out to be a bigger drain on city finances than the basic education sector, a local human rights group alleges. (685 clicks)
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From UNICEF to Nias, 46 Elementary Schools
Saturday, May 16, 2009 01:58:00
JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - The United Nations Children?s Fund (UNICEF) has in the last four years built 46 school buildings in Nias regency, North Sumatra, and 79 others still under construction. A UNICEF staff official in Jakarta Angela Kerney disclosed Friday in the last four years the international social organization had been promoting basic education in Indonesia. (994 clicks)
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Australia-Indonesia Sign Work-Study Exchange MOU
Saturday, March 07, 2009 12:00:00
The Indonesian and Australian governments have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that will clear the way for young people, between the ages of 18-30 years-of-age, to take one-year working holidays in their near neighbor's country. (996 clicks)
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Students make dreams happen
Wednesday, February 04, 2009 15:27:00
What happens when a small group of International Baccalaureate students get together to talk about how they can respond to some of the needs in their community? (914 clicks)
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Students hold arts festival to celebrate difference, learn respect for other
Friday, January 23, 2009 16:22:00
Several students of Diponegoro School perform a recital with angklung (a traditional musical instrument) at an arts festival in Rawamangun, East Jakarta, to commemorate World Peace Day, which fell on Jan. 1. (500 clicks)
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Education for all: What hope?
Thursday, January 22, 2009 16:36:00
Just over 60 years ago, (Dec. 10, 1948), the United Nations produced a noble document -- the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. (641 clicks)
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Do young kids lack reading culture?
Thursday, January 22, 2009 16:36:00
If most kids today don't like reading, culture is often blamed as if it were the sole causal factor contributing to the lack of interest in reading among them. Our culture, it is often said, is a culture that does not encourage people to read. It is an oral culture, not reading culture, as is generally known. (678 clicks)
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Better education accessible
Thursday, January 22, 2009 16:35:00
In a recent conversation with a good friend who has been a teacher for more than 20 years I was surprised to hear him talk very openly about the education industry. (543 clicks)
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Multicultural education in Indonesia: Opportunities and challenges
Thursday, January 22, 2009 16:35:00
As a nation-state with a pluralistic society, Indonesia is prone to social unrest and intra-group tension in terms of race, ethnicity and religion. Recent media headlines reported that discrimination and intolerance toward other religions were on the rise, the latest case being the closure of a Jewish synagogue in Surabaya, East Java. This was done in a show of solidarity with Palestinians being attacked in the Gaza Strip. (1052 clicks)
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Making a choice for a school
Thursday, January 22, 2009 16:35:00
What is the right school for my child? A lot of parents are struggling with this question and as educator and parent I have experienced that parents tend to keep on assessing schools and bringing up this issue. Thus, an interesting topic to discuss! (785 clicks)
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Entrepreneurship: More than just self-employment
Wednesday, January 07, 2009 16:04:00
Four years ago I wrote an article, ?Wealth is a mindset, so is entrepreneurship?, which was published at The Jakarta Post. The gist of that piece was that an authentic and effective entrepreneur was not someone who just had a talent and ran with it. Neither was entrepreneurship about what you do or for whom. It stems from what you think of yourself. (623 clicks)
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Getting a taste: Students try out business ideas and learn by doing
Wednesday, January 07, 2009 15:50:00
TAKING on the job of president director, general manager or other top positions in a company is not the exclusive privilege of those with years of work under their belts. Young go-getters can experience it, too. (503 clicks)
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Newspapers connect remote students with the world
Wednesday, January 07, 2009 15:39:00
AN enthusiastic group of 100 students from Kalitudu?s high school SMA 1 impatiently waited for a special Newspapers in Education (NIE) English-language workshop to get underway at their school. The village of Kalitudu, 40 kilometers outside the city of Bojonegoro in East Java, is so remote you can hardly find it on the map. (651 clicks)
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Entrepreneurship workout develops student skills
Wednesday, January 07, 2009 15:01:00
CHATTING ON the sidelines of a job seminar at the University of Indonesia in early December,
Jobstreet Indonesia country manager Chris Antonius wanted to talk about the stiff competition
job seekers face in this country. (647 clicks)
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University of Indonesia receives international accreditation
Saturday, December 13, 2008 15:24:00
The Civil and Engineering Department of University of Indonesia (UI) received international accreditation on Friday, after being evaluated by the AUN-QA International Accreditation panel. (604 clicks)
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Att'y General inaugurates anti-corruption school
Thursday, December 04, 2008 12:52:00
Attorney General Hendarman Supandji cut the ribbon at a new anti- corruption program located at a South Jakarta high school Thursday. (331 clicks)
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Rural students rule Olympiad
Monday, December 01, 2008 10:38:00
Students from Central Java's vocational schools dominated the first Applied Science Olympiad (OSTN) here Sunday by sweeping five out the of six titles. (668 clicks)
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Science fair attracts young learners
Tuesday, November 18, 2008 12:37:00
LET ME EXPLAIN: A participant (right) at Bali?s school science fair presents her project to a judge at Dyatmika School in Denpasar on Friday. More than 20 primary and high schools from across Bali took part in the event that featured 72 exhibits. (JP/Indah Setiawati) (406 clicks)
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Top Education Ministry official arrested for graft
Tuesday, November 04, 2008 09:11:00
The Special Crime Investigation Unit of the Jakarta District Attorney (DA)'s Office arrested a National Education Ministry official over his alleged involvement in a graft, which caused the state a Rp 4.5 billion loss, early Tuesday morning. (770 clicks)
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Elementary school students build confidence through language mastery
Wednesday, October 08, 2008 10:31:00
Students of an international school here are discovering that learning English in day-to-day classes is boosting their confidence in their social lives. (445 clicks)
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RI student wins second place in Mondialogo contest
Friday, October 03, 2008 11:33:00
Indonesian student Angela Wu and Ukrainian teammate Anastasiya Onyshko won second place at the prestigious Mondialogo School Contest, the world's largest intercultural dialog and exchange contest for high school students. (340 clicks)
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Physics teacher invents solar stove
Monday, September 15, 2008 16:22:00
A devout Muslim with a trim mustache and chin beard, Ardani is a modest man who always has a big grin on his face. Born in Samarinda, East Kalimantan, on Nov. 17, 1968, Ardani spent his primary and secondary school years in his hometown. (424 clicks)
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UI shines at Australs 2008
Monday, September 15, 2008 16:11:00
At the recently concluded Australasia Intervarsity Debating Championship 2008, University of Indonesia (UI) students once again ranked among the best debaters in the Asia-Pacific region. (358 clicks)
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Technology in our classrooms
Saturday, August 30, 2008 18:29:00
Development pundits always suggest that to improve a country, you just need to work on two things: Infrastructure and education. The rest, like the economy and people's wellbeing will follow. (1885 clicks)
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Gradual autonomy needed in schools
Wednesday, August 27, 2008 10:31:00
The process of internationalization of Indonesia's education leads to many different inputs and methods of bringing about change. One of these is the increasing autonomy that schools can exercise and so the possibility of a school that is based on school-based management. (413 clicks)
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Growing internationalism in Indonesian education
Wednesday, August 27, 2008 10:29:00
Education is an area of human development that is seemingly forever the subject of debate, discussion and even outright conflict and enmity about what works and what does not. Theories are developed and either accepted or sometimes discredited. Policies and practices are applied that may or may not meet with success. (559 clicks)
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Open to experience: RI student in RP
Thursday, August 14, 2008 16:26:00
Rizal Library at the Ateneo de Manila University is, to all appearances, just like any other building at the Philippine university, located in Loyola Heights, Quezon City. (304 clicks)
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