Education Decentralisation in Indonesia - Community Participation, Market, Politics and Local Identity

Abstract

T his book is the result of field study in the provinces of West Kalimantan and Banten, Indonesia with regards to the impacts and consequences of education decentralisation. The goal of this book is not to make generalisation of the impact of decentralisation, but rather to ignite further discussion and debate on this issue. I fully realize that this book is confined to limitation among others due to the fact that every area or every country has distinctive challenges when conceptualising and implementing any educational policies. This is despite the fact decentralisation of education has offered common promises such as the improvement in the area of efficiency in resource provision and the improvement of central government responsiveness to local needs with increased local participation.