Jonthon returned to Indonesia to explore the country’s educational spaces, which are increasingly affected by both foreign entrants and governmental decentralization. His particular focus was on the role education plays in the formation of identity wherein Jonthon examined how educational experiences lead religious and national identities to emerge, converge and diverge.
Education and exclusion for special needs students in Indonesia
At one school in central Java, dedicated teachers are at the vanguard of a field largely ignored by the country’s policymakers.
In Indonesia, one language for all?
Efforts to instill national unity are diminishing regional identities.
Defining “Radical:” The problems and politics of deradicalizing Indonesia’s Muslim boarding schools
Solo, Indonesia — How many graduates must be arrested on terrorism charges for the Indonesian government to shut down a school? Whatever tipping point you may have in mind, Ngruki’s alumni list is probably multiples of that number. The school is among the most famous terrorist training sites in Indonesia. Since its founding in 1972, four ...
Bureaucracy weighs down Indonesian education
Jakarta university educators must scan their fingerprints on one of 15 machines on campus every morning, afternoon and evening.
A safe space for Indonesia’s transgender Muslims
A Jakarta school enables students to rediscover their faith.