Indonesian education equality in Papua

Indonesia has taken another significant step toward improving educational equality in Papua with the groundbreaking of an integrated People’s School in Biak Numfor Regency. Led by Minister of Home Affairs …

The Program Indonesia Pintar Papua Tengah has reached a new milestone after 2,400 prospective beneficiaries passed the verification process from roughly 10,000 student applicants. This achievement is a result of …

The new academic year has begun with renewed optimism for 152 students from Papua who arrived in Jawa Timur (East Java) with the Secondary Education Affirmation Programme (ADEM) of Indonesia, …

The Government of Papua Province officially launched the selection process for 1,000 recipients of the Mahasiswa Cerdas (MACE) Scholarship Program, reaffirming its commitment to increase access to higher education and …

The Government of Papua Barat Daya (Southwest Papua) has dispatched 90 Indigenous Papuan (Orang Asli Papua/OAP) students to further their senior high school education in four provinces in Indonesia under …

For many young people in the highlands, coastal villages, and remote districts of Papua Tengah (Central Papua), gaining admission to one of Indonesia’s elite government academies often seems like an …

In many parts of Papua, attending school is not always as simple as walking a few blocks from home. For some children, living in remote highland villages or isolated coastal …

Education is a hope and a challenge for many families in Papua. In the remote villages, children often have to walk long distances to reach school. City parents work hard …

In a recent afternoon in Surabaya, dozens of Papuan students gathered to celebrate a milestone once far from their reach. Some had just found out that they had been accepted …

The classrooms looked different. Some had new roofs. Others had fresh paint and repaired floors. In several schools visited by government officials in eastern Indonesia during late May, broken windows …