Strategies to Improved Education Quality in Indonesia: A Review

Abstract

A good and quality education system will produce quality human resources who can compete in the international world. Education is the main foundation in the formation of human resources so that it can strength then the resilience of the nation and state. However, it cannot be denied that the quality of education in Indonesia is still far from expectations when compared to other more developed countries. The results of the Political and Economic Risk Consultancy (PERC) survey conducted in 2000 regarding the quality of education in the Asian region, Indonesia was ranked 12th behind Vietnam. Based on the Human development index Ranking 2019, Indonesia is ranked 111 out of 189 countries. This article will present the problems faced in the world of higher education in Indonesia. Several factors that affect the level of education quality include curriculum, educational policies, educational facilities, application of information and communication technology in education, affordable education costs, education management, and human resources. So that the solution to the solution is to make efforts to improve the curriculum, educational facilities, and educational management.