Indonesia has picked May 2 as National Education Day to honor Suwardi Suryaningrat for his contributions to the country’s education system.
Among the legacies of Ki Hadjar, who is better known as Ki Hadjar Dewantara, is Taman Siswa school, which he established in 1922.
What is it about Taman Siswa that makes it so special and important [...]

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta
Lawmakers have turned a cold shoulder to the Constitutional Court’s ruling that obliges the government to increase the education budget, citing financial constraints as their rationale.
Emir Moeis, who heads the House of Representative’s state budgetary committee, said the issue had to be viewed pragmatically as the funds simply were not there.
“We still [...]

While welcoming the Constitutional Court’s ruling that obliges the government to increase the education budget, education observers raised doubts that the ruling would take effect in 2006, while the chief economics minister hinted at the likelihood of an even more bloated budget deficit if the ruling were implemented.
The Constitutional Court ruled on Wednesday in its [...]

The Gender & Development Studies (GDS) at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) invites applications for scholarships for Master of Science (MSc) degrees in Gender and Development Studies with specialization in ‘Gender, Environment and Development.’
Eligible applicants should have an educational background in the social sciences or human geography or any of the natural science disciplines [...]

Four college students have landed their own interactive educational reality show called BlogAbroad.com.
As they study abroad in Egypt, New Zealand, New York and on a voyage to 10 South American, Asian and African countries during their Fall semesters, they will have a potential audience of hundreds of thousands of reality show fans tracking their experiences. [...]

Study for your MBA or graduate diploma in Hawaii on a full-tuition scholarship.
Fujitsu, a leading provider of customer-focused IT and communications solutions for the global marketplace, established the Fujitsu Asia Pacific Scholarship Program in1985. Fujitsu is committed to helping promote development of both technology and human resources at the global level. [...]

Japanese Grant Aid for Human Resource Development Scholarship (JDS) has been implemented in the Republic of Indonesia with the assistance of the Government of Japan since Japanese fiscal year 2002.
The objective of the JDS is to provide Indonesian citizens with the opportunity to study in Japan at Master level, for systematic and planned human resource [...]

Foreign students to be studying in Indonesia should firstly obtain surat penerimaan belajar di Perguruan Tinggi di Indonesia (letter of acceptance to study in the university) issued by the university chosen by the students before they go to Indonesia.
After getting the above letter, the student presents [...]