Education partnership with Indonesia

In Indonesia, almost all school-age children now have access to basic education services, and we are proud to have contributed to this effort.

Australia and Indonesia are building on more than two decades of cooperation in education. Over the last ten years, Australia has constructed over 3000 schools in Indonesia, which provided places for over 490,000 students. Australia also supported improvements to both the physical infrastructure and skills-base of educational personnel of 1,500 private Islamic schools; and the provision of training programs to over half a million education management staff.

In Indonesia, almost all school-age children now have access to basic education services, and we are proud to have contributed to this effort.

Australia’s current support for basic education aims to improve learning outcomes for all Indonesian children by providing high quality advice in support of priority government reforms, piloting innovative approaches, and strengthening the evidence base for improved policies and practices. 

The Innovation for Indonesia’s School Children (INOVASI) program implements 54 pilots in 17 partner districts, finding out what does and does not work to improve literacy and numeracy outcomes in basic education. 

Working at the national level, the Technical Assistance for Education Systems Strengthening (TASS) provides strategic and high quality support to the Indonesian government, strengthening education systems and policies.

Additional education sector support is provided through basic education and teacher training programs delivered through UNICEF and the World Bank.