Can community participation leverage changes in teacher behavior? Evidence from remote areas of Indonesia

Christopher Bjork and Dewi Susanti

International Journal of Educational Development, 2023, vol. 102, issue C

Abstract: Teacher accountability presents a formidable challenge to improving education quality in developing countries. This article examines the impact of KIAT Guru, a program enacted by the Indonesian government to address this issue. The initiative empowered communities to monitor teacher attendance and evaluate their performance. What impact did KIAT Guru have on teacher behavior and student learning? To answer these questions, we conducted case studies of nine schools. Our analysis highlights the benefits that can flow from a teacher accountability system overseen by community representatives but also underscores the importance of designing that system to fit the local context.

Keywords: Education reform; Remote area; Community participation; Accountability; Pay-for-performance; Indonesia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0738059323001165
Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:injoed:v:102:y:2023:i:c:s0738059323001165

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2023.102840

Access Statistics for this article

International Journal of Educational Development is currently edited by Stephen P Heyneman

More articles in International Journal of Educational Development from Elsevier
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Catherine Liu ().