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Although the idea of decentralization in Indonesia’s education management is not new, it only gained a formal recognition since 1998, triggered by the economic crisis that followed the fall of a political regime. This chapter discusses the decentralization reform in Indonesia’s education system, illustrated by reform in the field of basic education. As decentralization is both political and managerial phenomena, the reconciliation between central and local governments is proposed to be a solution to overcome the challenges. Nonetheless, complexities of reforms increased given the dual management of basic education by the Ministry of Education and Culture (MoEC) and the Ministry of Religious Affairs. As a result of trade-off, the decentralization grants full autonomy to district governments; in the meanwhile, the central government still plays substantial roles in the provision of education budgets to ensure achieving the target of universalizing basic education.
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Indriyanto, B. (2013). Indonesia: Overcoming Challenges of Decentralization. In: Wang, Y. (eds) Education Policy Reform Trends in G20 Members. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-38931-3_8
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