Volume : 5, Issue : 2, February - 2016

Empowering Social Capital through Indonesia Mengajar (Indonesia Teaching) Movement, Embracing The Remote Island Students

Imron Wakhid Harits, Stefan Chudy, Jitka Plische

Abstract :

<p>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;Indonesia with its large population less than 250 million people and as the biggest archipelago country in the world has the big problem dealt with the distribution of education, mainly in the remote area. Such difficulties are caused by many reasons like the poor of infrastructure and the rejection of the teachers to live in these areas. Otherwise, the huge population together with its cultural and social values can be functioned as the social capital to trigger and light up the education future in the isolated areas in Indonesia. This article is observed and investigated the role of the Foundation Indonesia Mengajar(Indonesia Teaching) to deliver the best students from some of the best universities in Indonesia to the 17 isolated areas that scattered in all around Indonesia archipelago. The young pedagogues live in such places for around one year&lt;/p&gt;</p>