About | About DBE

The USAID/Indonesia Decentralized Basic Education program is a partnership between the Government of Indonesia and the Government of the United States of America under a Strategic Objective Agreement (SOAG) between the Coordinating Ministry for People’s Welfare (Menko Kesra) and USAID. The program aims to improve the quality of basic education in Indonesia through three integrated components: 1) more effective decentralized education management and governance (DBE1), 2) improve quality of teaching and learning (DBE2), and 3) increased relevance of Junior Secondary and Non-formal Education to life skills (DBE3).

The USAID/Indonesia Decentralized Basic Education program (DBE program) sites covers East Java, Central Java, West Java/Banten (combined), South Sulawesi, and North Sumatera. This program aims to help improve the quality of education within more than 2,400 schools and over 0.25 million of students in 100 districts (kabupaten/kota) from 2005 through 2010. The program comprise of three components: DBE1, DBE2, and DBE3.

• DBE1 - More Effective Decentralized Education Management and Governance Program.
  DBE1 is focus on capacity building improvement of local management and governance of education. DBE1 tasks comprise of: 1) improved capacity of local government to effectively manage basic education, 2) strengthened education governance related institutions, 3) increased use of information resources to enhance education management governance, 4) dissemination of project result including public-private alliance and replication of best practices.


• DBE2 - Improve Quality of Teaching and Learning Program.
  DBE2 basic principles target is for under-served communities and schools, the teachers, the children, and the creative learning process. The tasks includes cluster-based in-service training, active and participatory learning and environment, education performance assessment, and the use of information and communication technology.


• DBE3 - Increased Relevance of Junior Secondary and Non-Formal Education to Life Skills.
  DBE 3 is working with secular and religious junior secondary schools, community learning centers, NGOs, national and local government to improve basic education and develop relevant life skills for students and dropout youth under the age of 18. These skills will better prepare youth for lifelong learning, entrance into the workforce and participation in community development. The program activities engage participation from community and private sectors and are centered on building youth life skills through the curriculum; extracurricular activities to develop practical skills; reducing dropout through promoting transition and completion of junior secondary schools; and increasing the quality of non-formal education by developing approaches which improve the management of non-formal education providers and relevance of non-formal education learning materials to local job markets.