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April 23, 2015

Demystifying Indonesian Madrasah

A journey inside three Indonesian Islamic schools to document change brought about by Australian Aid

Some time back I was contracted by GRM Australia to provide videography to support their monitoring and evaluation of Australian-Indonesia Education Partnership assistance to Indonesian madrasah. Focused around three madrasah in different parts of Indonesia, the result was an 18 minute video exploring issues affecting madrasah and looking at ways the Education Partnership provides assistance.

As the video was designed for an audience that was reasonably informed on M&E and development issues, Australia Indonesia Education Partnership Outreach Services (EPOS, managed by URS) recently decided to make shorter general public outreach versions of the video, which have now been posted on the Education Partnership website and the Kang Guru YouTube channel. The English version can also be viewed in the player below:

With versions in both English and Bahasa Indonesia, the 5-minute (approx) videos work to give an informative general overview of the situation of madrasah in Indonesia and outlines some of the ways the Education Partnership provides assistance.

The video features three madrasah. One in Lampung Province in southern Sumatra, one in Bulukumbu Province in South Sulawesi, and one in Jember Province, East Java. We filmed for two to three days at each school, interviewing in both English and Bahasa Indonesia.

Interestingly, since filming all three madrasah have made visually noticeable improvements through the use of block grant funds for repairs and improvements to their facilities.

before-after-jember