The Influence of the Decentralization in the Area of Junior Secondary Education in Indonesia

• Toi Atsuko

  Tokyo Institute of Technology

• Muta Hiromitsu

  Tokyo Institute of Technology

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• インドネシア前期中等教育における地方分権化の影響教育環境と教育成果に関する因果モデルによる評価

Abstract

While there is a trend towards decentralization in educational policies, it is not a panacea for the problems faced by developing countries. The disparity between regions or schools in educational achievements has been pointed out as one of the defects attributable to decentralization.<BR>This paper offers a justification for such proposition by studying the case in Indonesia. The method of covariance structure analysis was used in order to find out the influences and effects of the factors related to educational environment upon educational outcome, and to make comparison between before and after the introduction of the decentralized system in Indonesia.<BR>The main findings and conclusion are following; generally speaking, the increase in the school budget improved the quality of educational environment, and led to higher test scores and lower dropping out rates. Such positive results, however, turned out to be less significant, and the relationship between factors became weaker during the period after the decentralization system had started. This was particularly the case for the group of schools whose budget level was relatively small.<BR>In addition to the efforts to improve the quality of teachers and headmasters, it is important to consider the measures aimed at correcting the disparity between schools as well as regions.

Journal

• Japanese Journal of Evaluation Studies

  Japanese Journal of Evaluation Studies 6 (1), 71-83, 2006

  THE JAPAN EVALUATION SOCIETY

Details

• CRID: 1390282680340574592
• NII Article ID: 130004019477
• DOI: 10.11278/jjoes2001.6.71
• ISSN: 18847161
• ISSN: 13466151
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