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Plans to Raise the Efficiency of Education Provision
Based on the analysis of the school mapping data each district has already made plans to raise the efficiency of basic education provision in the two MBE program sub-districts. These plans include:
- A list of schools to be merged
- Plans for the formation of multi-grade schools
- A list of schools with excess numbers of teachers
- A list of schools with shortages of teachers
- Plans for redeploying teachers
- A list of new teacher needed (by subject at junior secondary school level)
- Plans for constructing new junior secondary schools
- Priorities for rehabilitating school buildings.
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Examples of proposals from Gringsing, Batang
- 8 primary schools to merged to become 4 schools
- The formation of 4 multi-grade schools and one small school
- Moving 2 excess school principals and 14 excess teachers from merged schools to schools with teacher shortages
- The appointment of 29 new teachers for primary schools and 50 for junior secondary schools
- Priority rehabilitation for 3 classrooms which are unusable and 40 severely damaged classrooms (out of total of 91)
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These plans will be discussed further in each district and explained to the decision makers and stakeholders (Bupati, Bappeda, Dinas Pendidikan, MORA, Dewan Pendidikan and the local parliament).
We have made a School Mapping Manual and a Data Analysis Manual for you to use in your area
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Change of Attitude: Reflections on the Mapping Analysis
On the second day of the School Mapping Analysis Workshop the consultants and district coordinators observed and held discussions with a number of the participants. A number of important points emerged:
- The awareness of the participants of the need for valid and relevant data has increased. The training opened their eyes to the shortcomings of much of the data they handle;
- The DPRD, Dewan Pendidikan (DP) and NGOs felt it was important for them to be involved in the educational planning processes. This is particularly important for the DPRD, as understanding the background and the processes will speed up receiving, discussing and agreeing to proposals from the executive branch of government, in carrying through policy changes and agreeing the education budget. The DP and NGOs will be more concerned when undertaking advocacy of educational needs.
- The participants have a greater understanding that education policy cannot be made just sitting behind a desk, but rather that it is necessary to go out into the field to view real conditions, to assemble real data and to be able to analyse this data before making policy.
Based on these points, the participants resolved to undertake a number of follow-up activities:
- To draw up recommendations and action plans to be presented to the Bupati, DPRD, Kepala Dinas and other relevant staff;
- To verify and validate the data already collected;
- To encourage the DPRD, DP and NGOs to participate more actively.
Other points which need to be taken into consideration include some doubts on behalf of some the participants from the executive who felt they may be wasting their time, as their proposals based on the mapping may not be accepted by their superiors. As a result they were not too active in contributing to the activities.
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