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All the districts in the MBE program gathered from 30 November to 2 December in Salatiga, Central Java. Each district was represented by members of various agencies including the Local Development Agency, the Education Office, the Religious Affairs Department and Local Parliaments. There were also some representatives of the Education Council (Dewan Pendidikan).
Before leaving for Salatiga each district had held a local review meeting. These meetings included a large group of about 50 people from school, subdistrict and district levels. They discussed the successes of the MBE program and the problems they have encountered and then made plans for the future. Several districts gave presentations about these local meetings during the meeting in Salatiga.
All the 23 districts have already made plans to continue the MBE program using their own funds. Most have already made funding allocations to support the program. Each of the districts made a display of the MBE program in their area. Photo 1 shows the displays from a number of districts in the hotel lobby. Photo 2 shows the display from Central Jakarta, which was situated in the corner of the meeting room.
A number of resource persons were invited to tell about their experiences in implementing the MBE program. You can see one of these resource persons in photo 3, Bpk Supanut, the Head of the District Education Office from Probolinggo district, who has pioneered the development of School Based Management (SBM), Community Participation and Active, Creative, Joyful and Effective Learning (PAKEM). He explained the strategy used in Probolinggo to disseminate the program to well over 200 schools.
As well as the activities in Salatiga the participants visited MBE schools in the two nearest districts, Semarang and Magelang. One of the schools visited in Amberawa subdistrict was SD Mlilir 2, which is situated in a rural area. Since it joined the MBE program the school has made huge strides in developing SBM, community participation and PAKEM.
The village head and the school committee are very active. The community has already constructed a large building behind the school, which is used as a teaching and dining area. In photo 4 you can see Bpk M. Tohari Anwar (the Village Head), Ibu Elmi Yahyi (School Principal and MBE Facilitator) and Bpk Jamhari (Head of the School Committee) standing in front of the building. Behind the building there is a shaded area for looking after plants. This has also been made by the community to support the teaching of science.
The learning environment in all the classes is excellent. In photo 5 you can see the grade 6 classroom where the class teacher is Ibu Umi Hanifah (in the middle of the picture). Class parents groups have been formed to help the teachers. In photo 6 Ibu Wirantu, a parent can be seen helping a grade 2 student.
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