Programs Supporting Better Quality Education
In 42 Kabupatens and Cities and 5 Provinces in Indonesia
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Graph 6.12 Average Proportion of KabupatenCity Direct Expenditure on 9 Year Obligatory Education Program, 2007- 2010
This graph is available only in the Indonesian text of this publication Source: APBD-Rs for 2007-09 and APBD-Ms for 2010, processed by the LBS team.
The level of funding committed by governments studied to supporting the 9 Years of Obligatory Education Program varied enormously
— between the extremes of 15 and 84 graph 6.12. On one
hand, four regions in South Sulawesi —the kabupatens of Polewali Mandar, Bone and Sidenreng Rappang
and the city of Palu —spent an average of 70 of their education direct expenditure BL in support of the
program between 2007 and 2010. On the other hand, the kabupaten of Sumedang and the cities of Pekanbaru and Palembang supported it with a mere 15-25 of their BL on education.
75 of the money spent by regions surveyed in support of the 9 Years of Obligatory Basic Education program went towards infrastructure. Only three regions
—the cities of Surabaya and Semarang and the kabupaten of Aceh Besar
—spent more than 50 of the money dedicated to supporting the obligatory education program in areas other than infrastructure. But eight regions
—the kabupatens of Polewali Mandar, Sumedang, Situbondo, Serdang Bedagai and Cilicap, and the cities of Surakarta, Pontianak and
Padang Panjang —spent 85 of their support for the program on infrastructure.
Graph 6.13 Average Proportion of KabupatenCity Direct Education Expenditure on Infrastructure in Support of 9 Years of Obligatory Basic Schooling and ClassroomPupil Ratios, 2007-10
This graph is available only in the Indonesian text of this publication Source: APBD-Rs for 2007-09, APBD-Ms for 2010 and Education Statistics Ministry of National Education, processed by the LBS
An examination of the pupil per classroom ratio in the areas studied indicated that most of the kabupatens and cities surveyed did not need to construct new classrooms graph 6.13. The ratio of 40
or more pupils per class occurred in only a few areas —the kabupatens of Malang and Sidenreng Rappang
and the cities of Pekanbaru, Palembang and Surabaya. Ministry of National Education data indicated that, on average in the 42 kabupatens and cities studied, 32 of existing classrooms were either slightly or
seriously damaged. Despite these numbers, appropriations for education infrastructure in the city of Surabaya and the kabupaten of Sidenreng Rappang, for example, were low compared to other regions.