Sunday, September 19, 2010

School Participation of Poor Students Tend to Rise



School participation of students from the poorest families has increased. Based on the 2004-2009 SUSENAS data, net enrollment rate (NER) junior high school / madrasa students from class tsanawiyah poorest families increased from 49.97 percent in 2004 to 61.89 percent in 2009.

"Children who are very poor economic backgrounds also have a chance to enter junior high school," said National Education Minister Mohammad Nuh while giving briefing Kemdiknas, Jakarta, Friday (17/09/2010).

Minister conveyed, this upward trend followed by the small gap APM poorest students with students from the wealthiest family groups. He also explained that in 2004 the gap APM poorest students compared to 30 percent of the wealthiest students. In 2009, only seven percent of the distance. "Gap was already getting smaller and trend up," he said.

Education Minister continued, upward trend of school participation of poor students also occurred in upper secondary school levels (high school). Gross enrollment rate (GER) SMA / SMK / MA in 2003 23.2 percent of the poorest students rose to 39.1 in 2008 and 54.3 percent in 2009. "Intervention School Operational Assistance (BOS) to ensure this increase," he said.

This increase was also accompanied by a decrease in student enrollment gap poorest and the richest. GER SMA / SMK / MA students richest 81.7 percent in 2003 to 79.5 percent in 2009. Gap WFA's poorest students compared with the wealthiest students decreased from 58.5 percent to 25.2 percent. Value decreased 33.3 percent.

At higher education level GER poorest students, up from 0.98 percent in 2003 to 6.31 in 2009. The richest students GER has not changed significantly from 31.3 to 32.6 on the 2003 match in 2009. "There is an increase, but should be encouraged more," said Education Minister.

The NER for primary school level (SD) and primary school madrassa (MI) had no significant upward trend. NER SD / MI students 91.4 percent poorest in 2003, while in 2009 93.2 percent. Percentage gap between the poorest and the richest students were not conspicuous. NER SD / MI students richest 91.6 percent in 2003, while in 2009 94.4 per cent.

"For elementary school affairs or MI was a gap between the richest and poorest is almost absent, only one percent. This means that children who are very poor background and is very rich in all of them get into the elementary school," said Minister Muhammad Nuh.



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