This article examines patterns of decentralisation in education in Indonesia, which were prompted by forces of globalisation and the World Bank in particular. The authors conclude that decentralisation in a country with little experience in local autonomy and democracy is unlikely to produce desirable outcomes in terms of quality schooling, accountability and efficiency. Their study shows that apart from devolu-tion of power and authority, all major models of decentralisation reflect democratic decision-making process and increasing community involve-ment in managing schools. The authors note a widespread failure of decentralization in education, which helped to consolidate social strati-fication and rural-urban inequalities in education.
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Amirrachman, A., Syafi’i, S., & Welch, A. (2009). Decentralising Indonesian Education: The Promise and the Price. In Decentralisation, School-Based Management, and Quality (pp. 141–157). Springer Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2703-0_8
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