Tanoto Foundation and SDN 169/V Cinta Damai Village: Community-based Partnership for Improving the Quality of Rural Education
The partnership between Tanoto Foundation and SDN 169/V Cinta Damai Village, Renah Mendaluh sub-district, West Tanjung Jabung District in Jambi, is based on mutual trust and interest in the quality of education. For Tanoto Foundation (TF), education is the way to eradicate the poverty among the families in Indonesia. For the local government, the partnership through SDN 169/V will help improve the education system and the educators’ quality, particularly in remote areas.
Both partners agreed to implement four activities, namely (1) improve teachers’ capacity, (2) increase children interest in reading, (3) improve school infrastructure and (4) involve key stakeholders for the school development. Among other result and impact from the program are that the school has independently built partnerships with other institutions, namely Village Unit Cooperative, Puskesmas (primary health care), parents, and companies where each partner provided various contributions. In addition to the increasing number of the partners, SDN 169/V received various awards in the sub-district, district, even in provincial levels. In term of education quality aspect, SDN 169/V has achieved the Teacher Competency Test above the national standard.
The main challenges faced are the number of the students still below 200, poor access of transportation to school, and status of honorary teachers. In the future, Tanoto Foundation will be collaborating with the local government to strengthen the trainer capacity and make SDN as the pilot school for the other educational institutions.
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