Educational Reform in Singapore and Indonesia

Abstract

This article discusses on educational reformation programs conducted in two countries which have different background as well as different ideology, social, economic, political, and geographical circumstances i.e., Singapore and Indonesia. Some of the main educational reform agendas in Singapore are Teach less, Learn More; Thinking School, Learning Nation, and School Excellent Model. Meanwhile, educational reform programs in Indonesia are conducted through educational decentralization within the framework of school based management, School-level Curriculum and the 2013Curriculum and teacher certification. It can be understood that Singapore has succeeded in conducting educational reform. This can be seen from the quality of Singaore’s education which has been ranked high in achieving he benchmark of international education standard. Meanwhile, Indonesia still needs to struggle to achieve the desired outcomes of educational reforms agendas. The differing result of educational reform revealed in these two countries resulted from different background of the countries. Thus, it can be concluded that there are a number of factors influencing the success of educational refoms agendas in a country.