Community Involvement in Banyuwangi

Community participation in Banyuwangi, especially from parents supporting their schools is constantly improving. This is evident in the various extra-curricular school programs, in their support for teaching and learning activities, and in their celebrations of the national and religious holidays, for which many ideas come from the local community. A number of pictures below show how the role of the community is developing into something quite exceptional!!

Photos (a) and (b) above: SDN 1 Kepatihan, Banyuwangi's celebration of the Prophet's Birthday took place on the initiative of the parents group. Photo (c): Bpk H. Khomar Ramli (principal) and Bpk Agus Swasono (committee head) said that, "As long as the parents are so enthusiastic, we will give our full support".

Below: Community funding at MTsN Banyuwangi succeeded in establishing a language laboratory, science laboratory, computer laboratory, bike parking area, new pavement, and a new school entrance gate.
Photo insert: The School Principal, Bpk A. Makki.

Right: The school community of SDN 1 Jajag have built two new classrooms for which the funds and labor were provided voluntarily by the principal, teachers, parents and the com-munity. With limited funding they managed to realize their ambition of building two additional classrooms and also a school hall within less than two months. From left to right: Bpk Juwito (principal), Bpk Suwandi (parents’ group), Bpk Andri (committee) and Bpk Sutaman (teacher). The photograph was taken in one of the new classrooms while it was being constructed.

MTs in Banyuwangi Ready for Change

The Madrasah Schools Working Group (KKM), centered on MTsN Banyuwangi 1, consists of 14 schools from 4 sub-districts and has conducted an independent program of PAKEM training, a curriculum scan, and evaluation. The activity was conducted over 3 days at MTsN Banyuwangi 1 and there were 103 participants .

Right: Head of the Religious Affairs Department (MORA), Drs. H. Mansur opened the MTs training. Below: The participating teachers analysing and scanning the curriculum, making teaching programs, and discussing cross curricular teaching.

Monitoring by the District Goverment

Recently a team from local government, the education office, local development agency and the finance department monitored MBE target schools in Banyuwangi and Gambiran sub-districts. They wanted to know the extent and impact of MBE in the target primary and junior secondary schools.

At a number of the schools they visited in the two target sub-districts many improvements and changes in SBM, community participation and teaching and learning (PAKEM) were observed. Below are some photos of the monitoring: