A sick system produces dumb doctors in Indonesia
“Why don’t you go to Penang/Singapore?” is the first thing most Indonesians say when they hear I don’t have kids. Obviously childlessness must be fixed, and obviously it is far too important to be...
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Having been very rude about the Indonesian educational system in an earlier post, I offer up this example of genius from a junior high school teacher in the small town of Singkil, in Aceh province. It...
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Truant teachers make for stupid vandals
Graffiti classics: Between a rut and a hard place In theory, every child in Indonesia gets at least three years of English teaching in primary school, and several years more in middle and secondary...
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What’s the score with Indonesian education?
True Fans in Indonesia flash Manchester United credit cards The first thing any Indonesian asks a stray foreigner, before they even get to age, marital status or the product of one’s ovaries, is: “Dari...
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Indonesian kids don’t know how stupid they are
Spotted on a classroom wall in South Sulawesi Four cars have different engine capacites: Alpha: 1.79 Bolte: 1.796 Castel: 1.82 Dezal: 1.783 Which of the cars has the smallest engine capacity? It’s not...
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Another inflamatory headline: A nation of dunces?
Many people took offence at the title of my earlier post about Indonesia’s appalling performance in maths and science in the internationally standardised PISA test. Those who also read the article...
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