UNIFYING DIVERSITIES: EARLY INSTITUTIONAL FORMATION OF THE INDONESIAN NATIONAL EDUCATION SYSTEM, C. DECEMBER 1949−AUGUST 1950
ABSTRACT: This paper explores
the unification of the school system in Indonesia from December 1949 to August
1950. The unification of the educational system during this eight-month period
reflected the Indonesian state formation in its earliest stage. It was a
process of indonesianization in which
the Indonesian Republicans in the Yogyakarta administration dominated the arena.
State intervention in the teaching of religious courses and the position of the
school system for non-Indonesian children were two of the most critical issues.
At the same time, centralization of educational policy making was looming. The
aim of this paper to examine the early process of the Indonesian state
formation in education by making use of the archives disposed at ANRI that so for have been much neglected inthe
writing of the history of Indonesian education.
Keywords: educational system,
unification, Republic of the United States of Indonesia (RUSI), Unitary States
of the Republic of Indonesia (USRI), state formation
Author: Agus Suwignyo
Journal Code: jpantropologigg120001
