Education opportunities in Indonesia
Published 27 October 2014
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1. Market potential
The Indonesian education and training market is a priority market for UKTI Education owing to:
- Potential for significant future business opportunities
- Potential opportunities existing across a range of sub-sectors – including schools (K-12), teacher training, technical and vocational education and training (TVET) and higher education (HE)
- UK education and training expertise being highly valued by the Indonesian government
2. Potential contract opportunities
Potential opportunities in Indonesia include:
- Establishing effective regional and national teacher education and leadership development programmes to support the roll-out of the new primary and secondary school curriculum
- Developing regional and national TVET programmes including supporting institutional refurbishment, “train-the-trainer” programmes and curriculum design
- HE opportunities linked to joint research and the development of research consortia
The Indonesian market may also present a number of generic education and training opportunities for English language training.
3. Contract opportunities by industry
Education and training opportunities have been identified across the following industry verticals:
- Engineering, in particular automotive and oil and gas training
- Financial and professional training
- Fisheries
- Hospitality and tourism
4. Additional market information
4.1 Geographical considerations
Indonesia is part of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and is the wealthiest member country. Indonesia is the world’s third most populous democracy, the world’s largest archipelagic state and the world’s largest Muslim-majority nation. Indonesia has formulated a long-term development plan which spans from 2005 to 2025 and is segmented into five-year, medium-term plans, each with different development priorities.
4.2 Education sector overview
Education accounts for approximately 20% of total government spending. The education system in Indonesia is a very large, highly decentralised system, with more than 500 district governments playing a strong role in its management. The first nine years of basic education (primary and junior secondary) are compulsory and heavily subsidised. After completion, students may attend a senior secondary school or students can choose from among 47 programmes of vocational training and pre-professional senior secondary schools. Although there has been significant emphasis on the quality of vocational secondary schools alongside determination to raise the standards of higher education, corporate training is becoming more of a pressing concern with the development of the ASEAN economic community. Currently, provision is perceived to fall short of industry demand.