Education

Local writers help combat illiteracy in rural Banten

The legacy of the Suharto era lingers in school history books

Volunteers bring alternative education to marginalised communities

An Australian teacher trainer learns a lesson (or two) in East Java

A conference in Banda Aceh reveals divergent opinions about what model of Islamic law Aceh should adopt

Indonesia’s premier historian

Indonesia’s Muslim educators support democracy, but grapple with how to make that commitment consistent with Islamic law.

New programs of compulsory religious education for Muslim children in West Sumatra have received little publicity outside that province. Is this a new phase in the Islamisation of Indonesia?

Many foreigners have learned Indonesian on the green campus of Satya Wacana University in Salatiga, Central Java. Since 1993 it has been in the news for a different reason. BUDI KURNIAWAN reports that serious conflicts between the campus community and the university board have reduced the prestigious campus to a shadow of its former self.

Street children are not social misfits. They are creative exiles from an oppressive state system, according to LAINE BERMAN and HARRIOTT BEAZLEY.

MELODY KEMP discovers some quiet achievers in environmental education -- who accept no foreign aid.

Hinduism and Islam were born so far away. How did Indonesians learn of them? KAREL STEENBRINK traces a long history of religious scholars travelling overseas.

When this teacher tries to explain the electoral system, he ends up in knots. SUGENG PERMANA listens in.

Tribute to a multi-talented, national figure

East Timorese students in Yogyakarta suffer intimidation

Life in an East Javanese Islamic boarding school

PIKIR is working hard to give pregnant teenagers real choices

While reform of Islamic education is necessary, secularisation is not

A thriving Asian studies is integral to a critical liberal humanities program