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School Mapping Data Analysis Training
From 22 - 24 February 2005 a training session on School Mapping Data Analysis was held in Yogyakarta for the phase two districts (Kebumen, Blitar, Banyumas districts, and Madiun and Batu cities). Participants come from the Education Offices (Supervisors and Branch Office personnel), Finance Sections, Religion Department, Bappeda, DPRD (parliament), Education Council, and NGOs The aim of this training was to assist the phase two areas in conducting a needs analysis to support their education improvement programs and to assist in the process of education program planning based on the mapping data.
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The participants practising filling in the mapping forms and looking at the results of the work of participants from other districts.
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On 25 February at the same place there was a meeting with the same theme but for the phase one districts (Banyuwangi, Probolinggo, Pati, and Pacitan districts). The objectives of this meeting were to arrange follow up planning for the MBE mapping program that is in line with each local government's program. Both meetings were attended by MBE program consultants and included the East and Central Java MBE Coordinators.
School Mapping Coordination in Pacitan
The MBE-RTI team including Edi Priyono, Robert Cannon, and Neneng Widiastuti took part in the coordination of the MBE program with Pacitan district personnel, who included legislature members (Commission B -DPRD) and represent-atives of the Executive (Bappeda and the Edu-cation Office).
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The MBE-RTI Team in discussions with Bappeda
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The coordination meetings were held on the 14 - 15 February 2005. The MBE District Coordinator (DC) Suhardi also attended. The team was met by Bpk Kardoyo (Education Program Section Head) and Bpk Misgiman (Mapping Coordinator). The results of the coordination meeting with the District Education Office relating to the follow up of school mapping included:
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Together with Bpk Kardoyo and Bpk Misgiman, the MBE team (including the DC) held a meeting with the Education Commission (Commission B) of the DPRD which was led by the chairman Bpk Sujono, and with the Social and Cultural Section Head of Bappeda.
This is the section of Bappeda which has links with with education programs at local government level. At Bappeda the team was received by Bpk Sunaryo and Bpk Marsimin. The Education Office will follow up on the mapping results through the education management efficiency program that includes merging schools and the formation of multi-grade schools.
Bappeda highly values and supports the MBE program. Commission B of the DPRD were also very supportive of the the MBE program and plan to inform all members of the local parliament (DPRD) about it.
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MBE Comments On Multi-Grade
The establishing of multi grade schools is very important - especially in village areas where the numbers of students in primary schools are often low. If the number of students is below 90 then they can be organised into 3 learning classes - each group consisting of two grades and 3 teachers and 3 classrooms are sufficient (below 50 or 60 students, 2 teachers and 2 classrooms are sufficient). These are common in most countries, and they increase the efficiency of education management and use of resources.
The MBE will assist this project in Pacitan and other areas that establish multi-grade schools by conducting training for multi-grade teachers. This training will assist them to manage teaching for two or more grades at the same time. Basically there are number of ways to overcome multi-grade problems including:
The children in all the grades learn the same theme but the results expected from each grade are different. An example of this is: students could write a story / narrative / poem in Indonesian language on the same theme but the results would be different depending upon students' capability. This method can also be applied in other lessons including sport.
The grades have different lessons. One of the grades is given an activity that can be done independently by the students, meanwhile the other grade is involved in learning something new and is taught directly by the teacher.
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Merging Schools in Ajibarang
Based on the school mapping results in Ajibarang, Banyumas, the branch head of the Education office, Bpk Abdurokhman (photo right) plans to merge a number of schools with low student numbers. Last year 4 schools were merged to become 2 schools and this year 4 another schools will also become 2. From 2006 - 2009 he has plans to merge all schools which are situated on the same site so that 17 schools will then become 8 schools.
These schools include, for example, SD 1 and 2 Ajibarang Wetan. SD 1 has 299 students or 50 students on average in each class, and SD 2 only has 147 students with an average of 25 students per class. Bpk Abdurakhman intends to combine both schools so that on average there is below 40 students per class. This situation is good for both the teachers and the students.
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