Education in Indonesia

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Education in Indonesia

Ministry of Education and Culture Ministry of Religious Affairs
Minister of Education and Culture Minister of Religious Affairs	Muhammad Nuh Suryadharma Ali
National education budget (2014)
Budget	US $7.098 billion
General details
Primary languages	Indonesian
System type	Curriculum
Competency-based curriculum	October 14, 2004
Literacy (2005)
Total	90.4
Male	94.0
Female	86.8
Primary	31.8 million
Secondary	18.6 million

The students in pramuka (boy scout) uniform studying.

The students listen the explanation and examine the model of Jawi temple during their study tour at Trowulan Museum, East Java.

Education in Indonesia is under the responsibility of the Ministry of Education and Culture (Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan}} or Kemdikbud) and the Ministry of Religious Affairs (Kementerian Agama or Kemenag). In Indonesia, all citizens must undertake nine years of compulsory education which consists of six years at elementary level and three in secondary level. Islamic schools are under the responsibility of the Ministry of Religious Affairs.
Education is defined as a planned effort to establish a study environment and educational process so that the student may actively develop his/her own potential in religious and spiritual level, consciousness, personality, intelligence, behavior and creativity to him/herself, other citizens and the nation. The Constitution also notes that there are two types of education in Indonesia: formal and non-formal. Formal education is further divided into three levels: primary, secondary and tertiary education.
Schools in Indonesia are run either by the government (negeri) or private sectors (swasta). Some private schools refer to themselves as "national plus schools" which means that they intend to go beyond the minimum government requirements, especially with the use of English as medium of instruction or having an international-based curriculum instead of the national one