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Adolescents empowered with skills for their future
Jakarta, 23 November 2024 – Today, 50 young ‘change makers’ from DKI Jakarta showcased their innovative solutions for social good during a demonstration day of the Innovation Challenge ( Generasi Terampil) programme, attended by government officials, education institutions, private companies and investors. Adoles...
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Early Childhood Development Programme Research Brief
This study evaluates the impact of the Early Childhood Development (ECD) programme, a partnership between UNICEF Indonesia and the Government of Japan, implemented to assist vulnerable young children (aged five to eight years old) to safely access integrated and holistic ECD, to recover from the serious learning, ...
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A future redefined: Unlocking Putri’s potential
In a small, rented home in Depok, West Java, 17-year-old Putri lives with her mother and three siblings. The modest dwelling they share is a tight fit for the family, and as a single-parent, Putri’s mother works tirelessly, juggling multiple jobs to keep the household afloat. Growing up in this environment, Putri ...
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A Blueprint to Get Children Back to School in Indonesia
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Indonesia faced an unprecedented crisis. Widespread learning loss and economic hardship left many children with little choice but to leave school. Sixteen-year-old Sava, from a small village in East Java, was one of them. The financial burden of school fees, books, and supplie...
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UNICEF and Australia launch new phase of Early Grade Learning Programme to improve foundational skills for young children in Papua
SORONG/JAKARTA, 16 July 2024 – UNICEF and the Australian Government, in partnership with the Government of Indonesia, today launched the new phase of the Rural and Remote Education Initiative for Papua Provinces 2024-2027 to improve foundational literacy and numeracy skills among children in the early grades of pr...
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Early Grade Learning baseline- endline student assessment: Briefing note
This study presents the impact of the Early Grade Learning Programme (Phase 3) in the Papua Provinces. The programme was funded by the Australian Government, through the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), with an overall goal to improve learning outcomes of disadvantaged and marginalized children livi...
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Teacher absenteeism in Papua and West Papua
This research brief draws upon qualitative research that took place in five primary schools in a coastal lowland district in West Papua province, and five primary schools in a highland district in Papua province, from July 2022 to January 2023. The research used a political economy and gender analysis to understan...
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Getting children back to learning
Early on a weekday morning, Rahman Katinting, age 11, and his three older siblings, arrive at the gate of a primary school in Balong village, Bulukumba district, South Sulawesi Province. Instead of entering the school yard where students are chatting and playing, they walk across the road towards a learning centre...
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Briefing Note: Safe Return to Learning
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a dire impact on children and all facets of their learning, health, protection and wellbeing. To identify the extent of the pandemic’s impact on children and what can be done to effectively respond, a baseline study was conducted at 120 primary schools (including religious schools – M...
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Digital Learning for All Symposium explores ways to reach those left behind in education
Jakarta, 23 November 2022 – UNICEF and the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology (MoECRT) today convened a range of experts at the Digital Learning for All Symposium to discuss strategies to reach ‘last-mile learners’ – children who are being left behind and are the hardest to reach, including th...
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A Work of Heart to Lift Literacy in Papua
Working with heart is what motivates Ibu Wanggai, a first-grade teacher at YPK Kanda Elementary School in Kanda village, Jayapura. Although her background is theology and not in education, her love of teaching inspires her to go the extra mile for her students. Ibu Wanggai first joined YPK Kanda in 2014 after movi...
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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on children’s learning in Indonesia
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a negative impact on children’s learning across all education levels in Indonesia. This issue brief outlines the findings of monitoring on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the likelihood of children and adolescents continuing their education, with a focus on out-of-school childr...