education

Higher Education & Doing Development DIfferently in Indonesia

I found  a couple of interesting articles about Indonesia on innovation, higher education and in a sense the future of the use of knowledge and research evidence in policy decision making. Jonathan Pincus, writes about foreign universities establishing branches in Asia. The conditions are favorable: rising incomes, favorable demography, growing college enrollments for years to come. Singapore, is a pioneer in the internationalization of […]

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Education in Indonesia must change course: that will have a huge influence on its knowledge sector

Last weekend, a couple of interesting articles in the Jakarta Globe have highlighted the worrying state of education in Indonesia. As an example, despite USD 33.6 billion allocated to education this year many teachers do not receive their salaries (). In the province of East Nusa Tenggara, one of the poorest, teachers and school staff

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