Accredidation Indonesian Style

An example of all the "documents" created for the accreditation

The ultimate goals of the school accreditation is to get data and information through accreditation procedure that can be used to see how far the appropriateness of services and the performance of a certain school from the existing standard of quality. Based on these data and information it is expected also to be used in developing "educational quality improvement policy and planning" by the school itself as well as by the Department of National Education and the local government at provincial, district, and municipal level. However, in reality, much of the gathered data is called  "Membuat prosa" or making prose.  In other words, its a well-known secret that data gathered is made up. However, that doesn't mean a great deal of time and effort is not put into the process.  This past weekend the kindergarten teachers were at school 15 hours on Saturday and 10 hours on Sunday. Signs were made, such as this one that is in front of the school, as well as posters throughout the school. Today officials come to the school, ask questions, and then in six months, render their grade.  Each school is given a letter grade, and the higher it is the more bragging rights the school has.