Why young people leave school early in Papua, Indonesia, and education policy options to address this problem
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11919263 |
|---|---|
| Authors | L Parker (0000-0003-2218-9919, The University of Western Australia and College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University, corresponding author), Lintang Sudibyo (0000-0003-2908-5178, Universitas Gadjah Mada) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 146-162 |
| Publication date | 2022-08-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Compare A Journal of Comparative and International Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0305-7925 • E-ISSN: 1469-3623 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03057925.2022.2084037 |
| OpenAlex | W4289522901 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 18 |
This paper identifies the reasons children and young people leave school early in Merauke, Papua, and advances education policy initiatives to address these causes. Indonesia has a policy of 12 years of compulsory schooling, but many in Papua leave school early. The Indonesian government considers that children mainly leave school early for economic reasons, and addresses the problem through its social welfare programmes, as well as ‘supply- side’ factors such as the number of schools. This paper uses mainly ethnographic data, especially life histories collected from 22 young people and adults who left school early, to argue that besides economic reasons, the on-again- off-again history of schooling, the extremely problematic nature of that schooling, as well as socio-cultural causes such as the stigmatisation of the local Marind people, self-stigmatisation and cultural discontinuity, combine to push children to leave school early. Multiple initiatives are suggested to improve the quality of education
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| Citations per year | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |