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Education Exhibition in Probolinggo
As part of celebrations for International Literacy Day, the national ceremony took place in Probolinggo district. As we were told during the event, over 6 million Indonesians are still illiterate. Both the formal and non formal education sectors have an important role to play in reducing and eradicating illiteracy.
By establishing nine years of compulsory basic education it is hoped to free Indonesia of illiteracy by the year 2008. This was the hope expressed by the Minister of National Education, Bapak Prof. DR. Bambang Subidyo during the celebration of International Literacy Day in Kraksaan Subdistrict in Probolinggo.
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1. Bpk Asmad, school supervisor from Probolinggo in front of the MBE exhibition tent.
2. Inside the exhibition
3. MSBM and PAKEM have already spread widely in Probolinggo. Students from Kuripan Subdistrict, which is a dissemination subdistrict, are pictured in front of their exhibition.
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An education exhibition was held as part of the event. MBE took part in this and made a display of students' work and other documents from partner schools and from six MBE districts: Kab. Probolinggo, Malang, Situbondo, Blitar, Banyuwangi, Kota Batu and Pasuruan.
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In this edition
Education Management and Finance Stories about innovations in the districts (Pages. 2 - 6)
Cerita Lain dari Daerah: MBE Appears in the New York Times (Pages 6 - 14)
Examples of PAKEM Teaching: Interesting examples of PAKEM lessons from the districts (Pages 15-19)
Back Page: A representative of the US Congress visits a school in Aceh; MBE helps a team from Finland; Visit by schools from Bogor to MBE districts.(Pages 20)
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MBE Appears in the New York Times
Jane Perlez, a reporter from the New York Times visited SDN Tangkil 01 and MIN Tegalasri in Wlingi Subdistrict, Blitar on 27 July 2006.
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Her visit was part of the coverage of the cooporation between Indonesia and USAID in the education sector. Jane Perlez brought her own translator and cameraman. To make sure she got objective information she spoke directly with the students, who were not allowed to be accompanied by any teachers. When she wanted to speak to the students' parents, local officials were similarly not allowed to be present.
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Jane Perlez interviewing a member of the parents' group.
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SDN Tangkil 01 and MIN Tegalasri were very pleased to receive Jane Perlez, as this was the first visit by an experienced international reporter. A spectacular profile of the two schools appeared in the New York Times newspaper on 7 August 2006 and in the International Herald Tribune on page 3, Asia Pacific on 8 August 2006. See below.
MBE Program Approaches its End
As planned, MBE will finish in March 2007. Activities in the partner districts will continue to the end of the program, and will include training for all the partner schools using the training packages on School Based Management (SBM), community participation and Active, Joyful, Creative and Effective Learning (PAKEM).
Besides this there will be district level and national review meetings. The national review meeting will take place in November in Salatiga, Central Java and will include visits to schools in Semarang and Magelang districts. It is planned to hold a final review meeting in Jakarta in February in order to publicize the results of the MBE program at national level.
The last edition of Suara MBE will appear in February 2007. We are hoping for many contributions of articles from the districts, including your reflections on the MBE program.
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We wish you:
SELAMAT HARI RAYA IDUL FITRI 1427 H
MOHON MAAF LAHIR DAN BATIN
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