Challenges need to be overcome for Indonesia's education sector to reach its full potential | Indonesia 2019 | Oxford Business Group

Challenges need to be overcome for Indonesia's education sector to reach its full potential | Indonesia 2019 | Oxford Business Group: Indonesia’s government allocates one-fifth of its budget to the education sector, with the goal of boosting its international rankings and pupils’ progress. However, certain challenges have impeded the full potential of this policy from being realised. For example, decentralisation of education policy undermines standardisation of curricula at all levels and creates regional disparities in teaching quality and student attainment.