The following islands are listed
by province:
•
Java.
•
Sumatra.
•
Kalimantan.
•
Sulawesi.
•
Lesser Sunda Islands.
•
Maluku Islands.
– Indonesia
By Anita Yang
state schools where classroom sizes are larger than
those in private schools. Rote learning is, however,
generally implemented from the later years of Pri-
mary school, during which there are increasing com-
petitiveness to enter Junior Secondary School.
Junior Secondary school (SMP: Sekolah Menengah
Pertama) : ages 12 - 14
Senior Secondary school (SMA: Sekolah Menengah
Atas) : ages 15 -17
The Indonesian government requires students to
The Indonesian education years are divided as fo- go through Primary school and Junior Secondary
llows:
school, which is a total of nine years. During these
Primary school (SD: Sekolah Dasar) : ages 6-11
nine years, students obtain a general education con-
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