USAID/Indonesia: From the American People

Education

Objective: Improving the Quality of Basic Education

Program Photo Gallery

Walter North with school children

Photo: USAID/Danumurthi Mahendra

USAID/Indonesia Mission Director Walter North with school children at the ConocoPhillips/USAID school handover ceremony in Klaten, Central Java

School children perform a play

Photo: USAID/Danumurthi Mahendra

School children perform a disaster preparedness play during the ConocoPhillips/USAID school handover ceremony in Klaten, Central Java

Children at jalan sesama play

Photo: USAID/Roman Woronowycz

School children eagerly watch a play at the Jalan Sesama show.

Children play at Jalan Sesama show

Photo: USAID/Danumurthi Mahendra

Children enthusiastically play along with characters from the Jalan Sesama show.

new school building

Photo: USAID/Conoco Phillips

Madrasah Tsanawiyah Al Falaah after the reconstruction

crumbling school building

Photo: USAID/Conoco Phillips

Madrasah Tsanawiyah Al Falaah before the reconstruction

Ambassador Hume with school children

Photo: USAID/Leslie Rose

U.S. Ambassador to Indonesia, Cameron R. Hume (rear, center, left), visited Yogyakarta and neighboring communities. He also visited some of the schools that have cooperative programs with USAID in Yogyakarta, Sleman and Klaten

A muppet scene from Jalan Sesama

Photo: Danumurthi Mahendra

Jabrik – a boy rhino listens intently to resident librarian & orangutan, Tantan - the new muppet residents of “Jalan Sesama”

two muppet charactoer Momon and Putri

Photo: USAID/Danumurthi Mahendra

Two characters of the Indonesian version of Sesame Street, Momon (left) and Putri (right), in an episode being produced in Jakarta. Momon is a 5-year-old boy who enjoys reading and drawing, but still learning his math. Putri is a 3,5-year-old pony-tailed girl who loves a good adventure.

Jalan Sesama Muppet characters

Photo: USAID/Danumurthi Mahendra

Jalan Sesama character Jabrik (left) chats with Tantan (right). Jabrik is a baby rhino who sports a mohawk and enjoys a good laugh. Tantan is an orangutan with an appetite for fruits, vegetable and books.

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Photo: USAID/Danumurthi Mahendra

Former USAID/Indonesia Mission Director Bill Frej(left) with US Charge d'Affaires John Heffern (right) talk with Jalan Sesama - the Indonesian version of Sesame Street - character Momon (second left) and Putri(second right).

two women smiling

Photo: USAID/Leslie Rose

Mailisuna and Sri Rosnijar Darmi

A boy laughs

Photo: USAID/Leslie Rose

Chandra

project papers display

Photo: USAID/Leslie Rose

Students display projects and papers on the walls

school teachers

Photo: USAID/Leslie Rose

Principal Rosmawardani (rear, 2nd from left) with the school teachers

school children

Photo: USAID/Leslie Rose

Nadia, Voenna (front, L-R) Effendi, Mohammad (rear, L-R)

a young gril is learning braille

Photo: USAID/Indonesia

Caca (pronounced Chacha) who is blind, is learning Braille at the USAID-funded Early Intervention Center, part of the Opportunities for Vulnerable Children Program implemented by HKI.

Elementary school students in Klaten proceed with their classes inside a tent provided by USAID’s Decentralized Basic Education (DBE) program.

Photo: USAID/Decentralized Basic Education Program

Elementary school students in Klaten proceed with their classes inside a tent provided by USAID’s Decentralized Basic Education (DBE) program.

Staff of the USAID Decentralized Basic Education program presented the staff of a community learning center (PKBM) in Jogonalan, Klaten, Central Java with food items in the aftermath of the May 27 2006 earthquake.  This community learning center, the only one of its kind in this sub-district, has been participating in the USAID Decentralized Basic Education program since mid-2005 and provides non-formal education to youth and adults.  All rooms of their three buildings, which were originally built in 1971, were heavily damaged in the earthquake.

Photo: USAID/ Nonni S.P. Handayani

Staff of the USAID Decentralized Basic Education program presented the staff of a community learning center (PKBM) in Jogonalan, Klaten, Central Java with food items in the aftermath of the earthquake. This community learning center, the only one of its kind in this sub-district, has been participating in the USAID Decentralized Basic Education program since mid-2005 and provides non-formal education to youth and adults. All rooms of their three buildings, which were originally built in 1971, were heavily damaged in the earthquake.

Staff of the USAID Decentralized Basic Education program presented the principal of "SD Sumapuro 1" in Jogonalan sub-district, Klaten district, Central Java with a tent and food items in the aftermath of the May 27 earthquake.  All of the classrooms of the school were heavily damaged in the earthquake and the tent will be used to take end of semester tests before the summer vacation.  This public elementary school has been participating in the USAID Decentralized Basic Education program since mid-2005.

Photo: USAID/ Nonni S.P. Handayani

Staff of the USAID Decentralized Basic Education program presented the principal of "SD Sumapuro 1" in Jogonalan sub-district, Klaten district, Central Java with a tent and food items in the aftermath of the May 27 earthquake. All of the classrooms of the school were heavily damaged in the earthquake and the tent will be used to take end of semester tests before the summer vacation. This public elementary school has been participating in the USAID Decentralized Basic Education program since mid-2005.

Students practice wiring skills during training

Photo: Elizabeth Sunindyo, USAID

Students practice wiring skills during training

Former Director William M. Frej and Rector of Syiah Kuala sign MOU

Photo: Elizabeth Sunindyo

Prof. Dr. Ir. Abdi Abdul Wahab MSc., Rector of Universitas Syiah Kuala, and former USAID Indonesia Mission Director William M. Frej sign the MOU.

Two students are seated at their desk, one holds a piece of grass up to her face.

Photo: USAID/Indonesia

Two students are seated at their desk, one holds a piece of grass up to her face.

Three girls smile while seated at their desk.  They have their heads wrapped in white scarves and a blue wall behind them.

Photo: USAID/Indonesia

Three girls smile while seated at their desk. They have their heads wrapped in white scarves and a blue wall behind them.

A female teacher writes on the chalkboard in a school classroom.

Photo: USAID/Indonesia

A female teacher writes on the chalkboard in a school classroom.

Students are studying at a desk with a huge hole in the roof over their heads.

Photo: USAID/Indonesia

Schools damaged by Tsunami.

A student peeks over folded arms while seated at a school desk.

Photo: USAID/Indonesia

A student peeks over folded arms while seated at a school desk.

A man holds a large rolled up measuring tape in a school classroom.

Photo: USAID/Indonesia

A man holds a large rolled up measuring tape in a school classroom.

A girl stands in front of the class and reads aloud from a book.  A man stands behind her.

Photo: USAID/Indonesia

A girl stands in front of the class and reads aloud from a book. A man stands behind her.

A woman in an orange outfit stands in the middle of a classroom with numerous stuents around her.

Photo: USAID/Indonesia

Ibu Sutarmi. A female teacher stands in the middle of a classroom with numerous students around her.

A girl writes in her notebook at a desk.

Photo: USAID/Indonesia

A girl studies in Ambon.

A girl writes in her notebook at a desk.

Photo: USAID/Indonesia

A girl studies in Ambon.

A girl smiles at her desk in school.

Photo: USIAD/Indonesia

Girl smiles in school.

A young child stands with an orange notebook in the street.  Her head is wrapped in a white scarf.

Photo: USAID/Indonesia

Back to school.

Several children sit against a wall in the shade near the water.

Photo: USAID/Indonesia

Children sit against a wall to get some shade in Ternate.

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Education

Community and parental involvement in education is on the rise in Indonesia, as parent volunteers and school committees help improve and manage schools.

Map of Indonesia

Fact Sheet

EDU Fact Sheet 6_2009 1 July 2009 [pdf, 90 KB]

Activity Fact Sheet


DBE 1 Factsheet 15 Jul 2009 [pdf, 1034 KB]

DBE1 Modules Brochure 15 Jul 2009 [pdf, 545 KB]

DBE 2 Factsheet 15 Jul 2009 [pdf, 373 KB]

DBE 2 Modules Brochure 15 Jul 2009 [pdf, 1898 KB]

DBE 3 Factsheet 15 Jul 2009 [pdf, 370 KB]

Activity Websites

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Last updated November 20, 2009

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