Administration to shut unaccredited schools

Administration to shut unaccredited schools

JAKARTA: The administration's High School Accreditation
Council warned that private high schools and vocational schools
that had not undergone an accreditation appraisal by 2006 would
be closed down.

Council chairman Abdul Rochim said on Wednesday that the
decision was part of an effort to provide better quality
education to the public.

"By knowing the quality of each school, we can help to
gradually improve them," he said on Wednesday.

In arriving at a decision on accreditation, the council would
appraise the school's curriculum, management, facilities, human
resources, financial stability, performance of students and the
involvement of the school in the community.

Each accredited schools would be given a certificate stating
the results of the appraisal: A for excellent, B for good and C
for average.

Last year, the Jakarta Accreditation Council, the National
Accreditation Council and the Jakarta Education Agency accredited
77 high schools and 168 vocational schools. -- Antara