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Who Supports MBE Program?
The MBE program is supported by a team of national as well as international consultants. These consultants are well experienced in education. The team is led by Stuart Weston from England. He is an ex teacher and principal of a primary school in England, but has been working in Indonesia for more than 12 years in the area of basic education. The program has a coordinator in each province namely Mr Yuniaso Adi in Central Java, Mr Abdurachman As'ari East Java. They will be assisted by district coordinators who will be posted at Kantor Dinas Pendidikan (District Education Office) in each district.
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Our Consultants:
Back row (left to right): Phillip Rekdale (Media and Communications), Edi Priyono (CLGI), Abdurrahman As'ari (East Java Coordinator), Lynne Hill (Curriculum and Teacher Training), Stuart Weston (Chief of Party), Suhardi (Pacitan Coordinator), Prima Setiawan (Education and Finance Management), Dinn Wahyudin (Education Management), Anwar Sutranggono (Banyuwangi Coordinator)
Front Row (left to right): Dyah Utami (Project Secretary), Hening S. Putranti (Batang Coordintor), Neneng Widiastuti (Education Management), Eddy Budiono (Probolinggo Coordinator), Munadi (Pati Coordinator), Wahjudi S. (Curriculum and Teacher Training), Moh. Najid (School Based Management)
Inset: Dewi Listyowati (Office Manager), Bob Cannon and Toto Purwanto (Education Consultants)
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Field Visits
On this page and the next we set out some examples of innovations found in Probolinggo District during our field visits.
The key to developing Community Participation in Education:
It is very interesting to listen to some of the examples of community participation in education, which have been developed. The experiences from Probolinggo described here are intended to support the creativity of the community in assisting the world of education in various ways including funds, manpower as well as other non-materials ways.
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On the right you can see the mothers helping in the classrooms of a couple of Primary Schools including Kedung Dalam 1.
It is reported that the children learned to read faster if they were helped by the parents.
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Education Voucher (coupon)
An interesting idea from Sukapura Sub District is developing education vouchers. From every transaction of cattle (Ternak) in the village, the farmers are expected to set aside some of their earnings to buy a coupon that cost from Rp500 - Rp 1.000 each, The funds raised are given to a primary school in the village to improve the quality of education.
Peeping Teachers
It started when many of the pupils' mums were waiting for their sons and daughters outside the classes and now and then peeping inside at what was going on in Primary Schools Kedung Dalem I and II in Probolinggo District. The teachers of these schools finally opened the door and asked the mothers to come into the school and help with student activities in the class. There are various activities carried out by the mothers, from health activities such as measuring the students weight and height to helping the teacher in the teaching and learning process. At Primary School Maron Wetan I, teaching and learning activities are supported by the parents by developing learning materials and teaching groups. One activity we saw was a mother helping grade 1 children make a simple Indonesian dictionary of words they knew.
Active, Creative, and Transparant
The activities above describe some of the different ways that communities are activity helping the school actively and creatively. Certainly, the success cannot be achieved without transparency in financing. In the school we visited the local community knows how much funds the school receives and how they use it. School finance reports, income as well expenditures are displayed openly for all to see at the school entrance. That is why the community is happy to help the school. Come on, who else will do the same?
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