New curriculum set for 2004

JAKARTA: A pilot project for the new curriculum conducted at 15 primary and 15 junior high schools will proceed to the second- round implementation next month.

The competence-based curriculum will be implemented in all grades of elementary school, the first and second grades of junior high school and the first grade of senior high school, chairman of the curriculum department at the Ministry of National Education told The Jakarta Post on Wednesday.

The project began last year in elementary and junior high school classes in Jakarta, Tangerang in Banten province, Bandung in West Java, Yogyakarta, and Sidoarjo in East Java.

The government plans to eventually implement the new curriculum in all schools by 2004. --JP