Prioritizing Reform, Innovation, Opportunitites for Reaching Indonesia's Teachers, Administrators and Students (PRIORITAS)

Despite critical gains in literacy and numeracy through compulsory primary education, Indonesia still lags far behind in the quality of instruction and training of teachers.

The PRIORITAS program provides technical assistance and related resources needed to improve the quality of teaching and learning and school based management in the following institutions:-Public and private primary and junior secondary schools,-Teacher training institutions,-Departments of education at Indonesian universities.The expected outcomes of PRIORITAS include:-Increasing the capacity of the MOEC, MORA, and teacher training institutions to help district governments to plan, manage, implement, and coordinate the service delivery;-Strengthening the capacity of districts and education stakeholders to manage schools through more effective data and planning, budgeting, and policy development and greater transparency and accountability; and -Increasing the capacity of provincial and district governments to develop systems to engage stakeholders and national policy makers for better technical coordination and staff development.