Papua People’s Schools Set to Expand Education Access
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…
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…
Before sunrise each morning in Merauke, a group of young Papuan students begins another long day inside a temporary quarantine dormitory prepared by the provincial government. Some start with physical…
At first, nobody at the field seemed to think the ceremony on May 2, 2026 would become national news. Students stood in neat rows at Mepa Boarding School, Naibire, Papua…
The numbers came out in a government meeting, but they did not feel abstract. 38,732 children in Papua Selatan are currently out of school. Some stopped attending years ago. Others…
On May 2, 2026, in a school yard in Mimika, students stood in lines that were not perfectly straight. Some adjusted their uniforms. Others glanced at their teachers, waiting for…
In Papua Selatan, development is often discussed in terms of roads, ports, and connectivity. But recently, the conversation has shifted in a quieter direction. Education. Not in abstract terms, but…
On a humid morning in Jayapura, the campus of Cenderawasih University feels alive in a familiar way. Students drift between lecture halls, some rushing, others lingering in conversation. There is…