Policy, politics and pendidikan: teacher deployment in Indonesia
Heyward, Mark; Hadiwijaya, Aos Santosa · Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta
The problem of uneven teacher deployment has long been recognized in Indonesia. With an overall ratio of approximately one teacher to 16 primary school students (1:13 in juniorsecondary), there is a substantial oversupply of teachers. However, these are poorly distributed. Urban schools are commonly overstaffed while schools in rural and isolated areas ar…