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PATI: Nias Teachers Working in MBE Schools
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Many districts outside the MBE areas are interested in taking part in the same sort of activities. Monitoring of the MBE program has shown that MBE districts have been visited by more than 100 districts from outside the program. MBE district facilitators have frequently been invited to train other districts in Kalimantan, Nias, West Sumatera, Maluku and Aceh.
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In December 2006 Save the Children in Nias sent 19 people (2 from the Education Office, 2 Subdistrict Education Office Heads, 5 teachers, 4 school supervisors, 5 school principals and the district coordinator from Save the Children, Nias) to work in four primary schools in Pati. The schools were SD Sonorejo and SD Sembaturagung 02 in Jakenan subdistrict and SD Gabus 01 and SD Kuryo kalangan 02, Gabus subdistrict. The program lasted for three days.
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1. Primary school supervisors and teachers from Nias looking at the children's work (Day 1 activities)
2. Primary school teachers from Nias in discussion with teachers in the schools they were visiting (Sulistyono and Haryati teachers from SD Sonorejo) and facilitators (Day 2 activities)
3. Teachers from Nias doing teaching practice
4. Ibu Hotnida (DC Save the Children) having discussions with Pak Rifai Darajat during the visit to SD Pati Kidul 01 (Day 3 activities)
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On the first day the participants observed lessons and learned about the implementation of school based management (SBM) and the development of community participation until 12.30. This was followed by discussions in the schools they were visiting.
From 15.00 to 17.00 then were discussions with the facilitators and staff from the District Education Office in Pati. On the second day they continued the activities of the first as well as making lesson plans, helped by the teachers in the schools they were visiting.
Then they tried out they modeled their lessons in front of the local facilitators in order to prepare for teaching practice. On the third day they did practical teaching in the schools and visited SD Pati Kidul 01 (Winner of the Primary School Cluster Competition in Central Java).
MALANG: Legislative and Executive Staff Monitor MBE Program
The MBE program has attracted serious attention from the legislature and the executive. As part of the process of strategic decision-making about education, MBE has often been invited to be involved in giving advice.
The picture 1 shows the MBE District Coordinator (DC), Bpk Mu'arifin from Malang, together with the Heads of the Local Development Agency and the District Education Office, explaining the strategic program for the district.
On 5 February the Education Committee from the Malang District Parliament held a special meeting to evaluate the MBE program (picture 2). During the meeting the Bpk Mu'arifin gave a report about the program and its achievements.
The meeting of the parliament reached the following conclusions:
The MBE program has had a significant effect in increasing the quality of education in the partner schools.
The MBE program should be continued especially through dissemination to other schools.
The Education Office should be expected to replicate the MBE program even after the project has finished.
It is hoped that the district can continue to work with MBE personnel who are based in Malang, even after the end of the project.
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