School-Based Management, School Decision-Making and Education Outcomes in Indonesian Primary Schools
This paper examines the key aspects of the practices of school-based management in Indonesia, and its effect on education quality. Using a conceptual framework of an accountability system of public service delivery, the paper explores the relations...
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| Format: | Policy Research Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
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2012
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| Online Access: | http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20110923083200 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3572 |
| Summary: | This paper examines the key aspects of
the practices of school-based management in Indonesia, and
its effect on education quality. Using a conceptual
framework of an accountability system of public service
delivery, the paper explores the relations among Indonesian
parents, school committees, schools, and government
education supervisory bodies from three tenets:
participation and voice; autonomy; and accountability. Using
the data from a nationally representative survey of about
400 public primary schools in Indonesia, the paper finds
that the level of parental participation and voice in school
management is extremely low in Indonesia. While the role of
school committees is still limited to community relations,
school facilities, and other administrative areas of school
management, school principals, together with teachers, are
much more empowered to assert professional control of the
schools. The accountability system has remained weak in
Indonesia's school system, which is reflected by
inadequate information flow to parents, as well as seemingly
low parental awareness of the need to hold schools
accountable. The accountability arrangement of the
Indonesian school system currently puts more emphasis on
top-down supervision and monitoring by government
supervisory bodies. The findings show that although the
scope of school-based management in Indonesia is limited, it
has begun to help schools make the right decisions on
allocation of resources and hiring additional (non-civil
servant) teachers, and to create an enabling environment of
learning, including increasing teacher attendance rates.
These aspects are found to have significantly positive
effects on student learning outcomes. |
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