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3.1 The Student Profiles and Their Voices
The students in this baseline study consisted of almost an equal proportion of boys 51 and girls 49 across all districts. The majority of the students were in the second grade 66,
and the rest 34 were third grade students. In terms of age, 60 of them were 6-8 years old, 37 were 9-11 years old, and the remaining 3 were over 11 years old. All the districts
had second and third grade students at the age of 12 years old and over.
Table 3.1: Student Age Ranges by District
District Student Ages
6-8 y.o 9-11 y.o
12 y.o or more
Biak 64
34 2
Jayapura 61
37 2
Mimika 55
40 5
Jayawijaya 56
40 4
Manokwari 52
42 6
Sorong 60
37 3
Half of the students 56 stated that they attended pre-school, while the other half 43 said that they never did. As a comparison, at the national level, 80 of early grade students
attended the pre-school. Looking at the district level, Jayawijaya and Sorong had the largest number of students who said that they never attended pre-school. In contrast, the majority
of students in Jayapura stated that they attended pre-school.
SNAPSHOTS OF SCHOOL MANAGEMENT EFFECTIVENESS
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Table 3.2: Pre-School Attendance
Some of the students in this baseline study 7 said that they were afraid to go to school. Higher percentages of students in Sorong, Mimika, and Jayawijaya said that they were afraid
to go to school compared to students in the other studied districts.
Table 3.3: Afraid of Going to School
District Students Afraid of Going to
School Yes
No
Biak 3
97 Jayapura
4 96
Mimika 12
88 Jayawijaya
9 91
Manokwari 3
97 Sorong
14 86
District Attended Pre-School
PAUD TK Yes
No
National 80
20
Biak 52
48 Jayapura
82 18
Mimika 65
35 Jayawijaya
24 76
Manokwari 77
23 Sorong
45 55
National : taken from the RTI International USAIDIndonesia EGRA National Survey 2014.
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In terms of the students’ absenteeism and tardiness, almost half of the students admitted that they were absent 53 or came late to school 59 in the past week. Across all districts,
illness was the main reason for absenteeism 46.52, while having to work at home was revealed as the second main reason
12.25. Other reasons for the students’ absenteeism were related to socio-economic and geographical disadvantages such as having no
transportation, dealing with bad weather, being treated poorly by other students or by teachers, being without food at home, and having no teacher at school. A relatively similar
pattern of the main reasons for students’ absenteeism was identified across all districts.
Table 3.4: Student Absenteeism and Tardiness
The teachers’ attendance in school was observed by the students, as 11 of the students stated that their teacher was not always in school. Jayawijaya and Sorong had a relatively
higher level of teacher absenteeism compared to other districts according to the students.
Reason for Absenteeism Tanah
Papua Biak
Jayapura Mimika
Jayawijaya Manokwari Sorong
I was sick 46.52
42.27 53.61
45.83 40.00
45.09 49.51
There was other work at home 12.25
15.37 6.56
17.27 16.94
8.40 8.89
I woke up late 11.37
11.43 11.17
9.71 8.47
19.05 8.27
I had to take care of a family member 9.54
11.70 8.68
7.23 13.35
4.05 13.72
I was lazy going to school 4.47
6.43 5.55
3.60 4.36
0.49 1.52
I had no transportation 3.70
0.68 1.80
4.60 6.13
12.12 2.46
Out of town with family 3.60
4.14 5.33
2.45 2.08
1.56 4.09
Bad Weather 2.42
0.92 2.07
2.48 2.91
3.74 3.00
Emergency situation 2.09
2.60 2.63
1.76 1.04
2.76 1.56
I am treated poorly by other students at school
1.84 3.76
0.90 1.44
1.82 1.20
3.51 Going and being in school was dangerous
0.60 0.00
0.36 1.83
0.00 1.01
0.00 Parents scold beat me
0.49 0.00
0.45 1.08
1.04 0.00
0.00 There was a religious event in churce
0.42 0.68
0.45 0.00
0.83 0.00
0.78 I don’t have book and pencil
0.23 0.00
0.00 0.72
0.00 0.43
0.35 I am treated poorly by teachers at school
0.18 0.00
0.45 0.00
0.00 0.00
0.78 No food at home
0.18 0.00
0.00 0.00
1.04 0.00
0.78 No teacher at school
0.10 0.00
0.00 0.00
0.00 0.09
0.78
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