Today we started with a lesson on the Indonesian education system. There were a few big surprises to me:
- They have a lot of "school" days - they don't have much a summer break at all, but at the same time there are a lot of school days dedicated non-academic things. They have days where everyone cleans the school, days where they have community events, and days they have celebrations.
- They go to school on Saturdays. It sounds like this is starting to change, and they are moving to longer M-F school days and getting rid of Saturdays. Before, elementary school essentially got done at noon every day.
- There are lots of uniforms. Each grade level has their own national uniform and even the teachers wear government uniforms Monday and Tuesday, Wednesday is a white uniform, Thursdays everyone wears Batik (a local dress), and Fridays are... something else, I cannot remember.
- Islamic studies is taught in nearly every grade level. There are Islamic High Schools that are part of the educational system here where they do a lot more of the Islamic Study coursework, but even the average public school has Islamic study.
- Special Ed isn't as much of a thing here. Their supports for special ed students appear to be rather minimal.
- Students need to test at the end of each band of education (elementary, middle, and high school). It sounds like if students don't pass there isn't a whole lot of repercussions to their educational career - they can move on to the next level. I am guessing that if they don't pass the high school exam, their chances of going to college are quite low.
All of that was kind of an "information dump", but I think once we get to our actual schools we will understand this system a bit better. I will be in a Vocational school which is a parallel track to the traditional high school track.
After this, we went to the offices of a program that arranges US/Indonesian partnerships. They told us about some of their programs they have which were really impressive.
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| A group photo from the office. |
From there, we headed to the National Monument. We went inside and saw the museum there too.
Great to read about your daily adventures. Seems like a fascinating place.
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