2009-08-12
On August 12th 2009, the 2nd Joint Coordinating Committee was held at Millennium Hotel in Jakarta. Likewise the National Inception Meeting held in March, approximately 60 persons from Ministry of National Education (MONE) and Ministry of Religious Affairs (MORA) as the national counterparts, regional partners such as provincial and district education offices, LPMP(Institute for Quality Assurance for Teachers), and teacher training universities, Embassy of Japan and JICA Indonesia Office participated in the meeting.
The meeting started by the opening remarks and presentation on how to develop and sustain Lesson Study in Indonesia by Dr. Surya Dharma, Director of Education Personnel, Directorate General for Quality Improvement of Teachers and Educational Personnel of MONE, followed by the presentation on project progress by JICA Expert Team. Representatives from education offices from 3 districts (Sumedang, Bantul, and Parusuan) where Lesson Study was introduced by the previous project, SISTTEMS presented on their Lesson Study activities, and 3 resource universities (Indonesia University of Education, State University of Yogyakarta, and State University of Malang) presented on the current Lesson Study activities and issues to be solved. The meeting lasted long from 9 am until 5 pm, but participants including those from new sites for Lesson Study actively discussed each other.
Picture:Opening Remarks by Dr. Surya Dharma, Director of Education Personnel, Directorate General for Quality Improvement of Teachers and Educational Personnel of MONE