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Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...
. This list is not intended to be complete, as there would be too many high schools.


Schools in Indonesia

In Indonesia, primary schools or SD ( id, Sekolah Dasar - "Elementary School") are from 1st to 6th grade, while high schools (secondary school) generally comprises junior secondary school (7th-9th grade) or SMP ( id, Sekolah Menengah Pertama - "First Middle-grade School"), senior secondary school (10-12th grade) or SMA ( id, Sekolah Menengah Atas - "Upper Middle-grade School") or SMU ( id, Sekolah Menengah Umum - "General Middle-grade School") and SMK ( id, Sekolah Menengah Kejuruan - "Middle-grade Vocational School '), with virtually all public school operated this way. Private school may combine them, even though the students still wear different uniforms. Public school (SMPN, SMAN/SMUN and SMKN, with 'N' being ''Negeri'' or "State") employs standardized uniform outfit: red skirts and short trousers for primary schoolers, navy blue skirts and short trousers for junior secondary schoolers, and grey long skirts and long trousers for senior secondary schoolers and vocational school and some vocational schoolers adding different uniform outfit . Every students wear white shirt on top. Private school may choose different outfit for their students, but generally all shools employ uniforms, sometimes several sets of them, including
Pramuka The Pramuka Movement of Indonesia ( id, Gerakan Pramuka Indonesia), officially the Praja Muda Karana Scouting Movement ( id, Gerakan Kepanduan Praja Muda Karana), is the national scouting organization of Indonesia. Scouting was founded in the ...
(boyscout) uniform,
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uniform, etc. Public schools often, but not always, employs number in their names, corresponding to the order of their formation, e.g. SD/SMP/SMA Negeri 1/2/3 etc. followed by city/regency names, and usually don't carry personal names. Before 2015, mandatory school in Indonesia is 9 years, from 1st to 9th grade, therefore the senior secondary school was not mandatory. Since 2015, however, the mandatory school are extended throughout 12 grades. Tertiary schools (or id, Sekolah tinggi - "High School") are college and university level. Schools in Indonesia are under the care of
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, and for some period (2014-2019), the universities ("high" school or ''sekolah tinggi'') are moved under the Ministry of Research and Technology. The religious schools are under the responsibility of Ministry of Religion. Religiously organized schools include Muslim, Christian, and Catholic private schools. Muslim schools uses Arabic terms in their names, like: ''Madrasah Ibtidaiyah'' (MI) = SD, ''Madrasah Tsanawiyah'' (MTs) = SMP, and ''Madrasah Aliyah'' (MA) = SMA. Christian schools uses abbreviation SDK, SMPK, SMAK/SMUK, or spelled them out ''SD Kristen, SMP Kristen'', or ''SMA Kristen'' in their names. Catholic schools uses Saints (''Santo'') and Saintesses' (''Santa'') names in their school names, or uses ''Kolese'' (college) in their names. Secular schools didn't use any of the above, and choose secular names. Vocational schools (mainly for senior secondary school) are called SMK ( id, Sekolah Menengah Kejuruan - "Vocational Middle-grade School"). Foreign-operated schools may uses English, romanized Arabic, or Chinese (
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) names.


Statistics of senior secondary schools

;General schools According to school year 2017-18 senior secondary school (SMA) statistics from Ministry of Education,(''In Indonesian''
Statistik SMA (Sekolah Menengah Atas) 2017/18
General Secretary of the Ministry of Education and Culture - Statistic and Data Center of Education and Culture, Jakarta, 2017
in 2017 Indonesia has 13.495 SMA (almost 50%-50% ratio between public and private schools) with more than 160 thousand total classrooms (around 12 classrooms per school) and 30 thousands laboratories and 11 thousands libraries, 1,6 million new/10th grade SMA students (45%-55% male-female ratio), 4.8 million total SMA students (averaging 356 students per school, almost evenly distributed between 10th, 11th, and slightly lower number of 12th graders), 1.4 million graduates (98.8% completion rates, 0.67% dropouts, 0.2% repeats), more than 300 thousands SMA headperson and teachers (averaging 22 teachers per school), and almost 60 thousand other non-teaching staff. The most schools are in
West Java West Java ( id, Jawa Barat, su, ᮏᮝ ᮊᮥᮜᮧᮔ᮪, romanized ''Jawa Kulon'') is a province of Indonesia on the western part of the island of Java, with its provincial capital in Bandung. West Java is bordered by the province of Banten ...
and
East Java East Java ( id, Jawa Timur) is a Provinces of Indonesia, province of Indonesia located in the easternmost hemisphere of Java island. It has a land border only with the province of Central Java to the west; the Java Sea and the Indian Ocean bord ...
(the most heavily populated provinces), around 1.5 thousands each (with 671 and 535 thousand students respectively), while the youngest province of Indonesia,
North Kalimantan North Kalimantan ( id, Kalimantan Utara) is a province of Indonesia. It is located on the northernmost of Kalimantan, the Indonesian part of the island of Borneo. North Kalimantan borders the Malaysian states of Sabah to the north and Sarawak t ...
, have the least schools, 59, with 16 thousand students. With regard to the school time, almost all schools (92,1%) are morning schools, while 4,4% are evening schools, and the rest are a combination. With regard to religion, 79% of the students are Moslem, 12% Protestants, 5% Catholics, 2% Hindu, 1% Buddhist, with a very small minority (0.05%) of Confucianist religion, and other beliefs. With regard to preference for public/private schools, the Moslem and Hindu students overwhelmingly favor public schools, the Christian and Catholics somewhat prefer public schools, and the Buddhist and Confucianists overwhelmingly favor private schools. ;Teachers In 2017, Indonesia has more than 300 thousands SMA teachers and headmasters/mistresses (41%-59% male-female ratio), which unlike the half-and-half split between the number of school, is highly skewed toward public school (72% teachers), among them 156 thousand full-time teachers (more than 50%) have the coveted status of National Civil Servant (''Pegawai Negeri Sipil'' - PNS), further split between 147 thousands (94% of PNS) teaching in public school and 8 thousands (6% of PNS) in private schools, while the rest of the teachers are privately employed (19%), or part-time teachers (31%). The majority of the teachers (98%) have bachelor's degree or higher, quite young (56% are 40 years old or younger, and only 7% are 56 years old or older), and relatively new (56% have only worked for less than 10 years, while 14% have worked for more than 25 years). Their number have decreased around 20% from two years ago (362 thousands). The average number of teachers per school is 23. ;Students In 2017, Indonesia has 4.8 million total SMA students, averaging 356 students per school in general, 519 students per public school, and 190 students per private school, with an average of 30 students per classes, and 16 students per teachers. The number of repeat-graders are 0.2% in average, and the number of dropouts are 0.67%, distributed around 25% 10th graders, 25% 11th graders, and 50% 12th graders with total of more than 31 thousand students (55%-45% male-female ratio), which are lower than previous two years (36 and 40 thousands respectively). The completion rate of SMA students in average is 98.8%. From provincial statistics, the province with the most students per school is Bali (545), while the least is North Maluku (198), and the most teachers per school are West Sumatra (36) and Bali (34), and the least is North Maluku (15). But for private school, West Java has the most number of students per school (891), while private school in Central Kalimantan only has 95 students per school.


List of private senior secondary schools

Below are some of the 6.763 private schools in Indonesia: (Some of the English names of these schools are not necessarily official names, but merely translation. But most with official English names have influences based on international curriculums, international affiliations or religious affiliations) *
ACG School Jakarta ACG School Jakarta is an independent co-educational international school in South Jakarta, Indonesia. The school was established in 2004, and is a school for children from 3 to 17 years of age. Currently it has 500 students from 42 different natio ...
* AIS Indonesia *
Al-Izhar Pondok Labu Al-Izhar Pondok Labu (AIPL) is a moderate Islamic K-12 school in Pondok Labu, South Jakarta, Indonesia. It consists of a kindergarten, primary school, junior secondary school and senior secondary school. It is a National Plus school and the langua ...
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ACS Jakarta ACS Jakarta is a Methodist school in Jakarta, Indonesia. In 2006 it joined the Anglo-Chinese School Anglo-Chinese School (ACS) is a family of Methodist schools in Singapore and Indonesia. It was founded in 1886 by Bishop William Fitzjames O ...
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Bandung Alliance International School Bandung Alliance Intercultural School (BAIS) is in Kota Baru Parahyangan, a development on the outskirts of Bandung, Indonesia. It has been a member of the Network of International Christian Schools since 1995. Fully accredited through WASC and ACS ...
* Bandung International School * Bina Bangsa School * Blossom International School *
British School Jakarta The British School of Jakarta (BSJ) is an independent school in Pondok Aren, South Tangerang in Greater Jakarta, Indonesia. The British School of Jakarta is an international member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference. It was es ...
* Cendana Educational Foundation Schools,
Riau Riau is a province of Indonesia. It is located on the central eastern coast of Sumatra along the Strait of Malacca. The province shares land borders with North Sumatra to the northwest, West Sumatra to the west, and Jambi to the south. Accord ...
* Chandra Kusuma School, Medan *
Charis Global School Charis Global School is a private National Plus school in Lippo Cikarang, Bekasi City, West Java, Indonesia. Essentially, the school programs are developed into three categories: Early Childhood Program ( Nursery 1-2 and Kindergarten 1-2), Primar ...
, Lippo Cikarang, Bekasi, West Java *
Cita Hati Christian School Cita Hati Christian School is a Christian Private School founded in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia, in 1990 by Magdalena Nugroho. The school originally consisted of the East and West Campuses, but in 2017 the Samarinda Campus was finished in Samarin ...
, Surabaya *
Diakonia Catholic School Diakonia Catholic School is a school located at Pluit, Jakarta, Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islan ...
, Jakarta *
Don Bosco Pondok Indah Sekolah Don Bosco Pondok Indah (also known as Sekolah Henricus Don Bosco Pondok Indah, Don Bosco or DBPI, affectionately called DB) is a private Catholic school located in Pondok Indah, South Jakarta. Don Bosco offers classes in Indonesian from P ...
, Jakarta *
Gandhi Memorial International School Gandhi Memorial Intercontinental School (GMIS), formerly Gandhi Memorial International School, is a private international school in Kemayoran, Jakarta, Indonesia. It was established in 1950 along with Gandhi School Ancol. The students of grades ...
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Jakarta Intercultural School Jakarta Intercultural School (JIS), formerly Jakarta International School, is a private, embassy-backed international school in Jakarta, Indonesia. It was established in 1951 for expatriate students living in Jakarta and is the largest internatio ...
, Jakarta *
Jakarta Japanese School The Jakarta Japanese School (JJS; ジャカルタ日本人学校 ''Jakaruta Nihonjin Gakkō''; id, Sekolah Jepang Jakarta) is a Japanese international school in Pondok Aren, South Tangerang, Indonesia. It is regionally located in the Greater Jakar ...
, South Tangerang (ジャカルタ日本人学校) *
Jakarta Taipei School Jakarta Taipei School (JTS; ), formerly Jakarta Taipei International School (JTIS) in English, is an international school maintained by the Taiwan-based Republic of China government in Jakarta, Indonesia. The school takes Taiwanese (ROC) citizens ...
, Jakarta (雅加达台湾学校) *
Jakarta Theological Seminary Jakarta School of Theological Philosophy or Jakarta Theological Seminary (''Sekolah Tinggi Filsafat Theologi Jakarta'', STFT Jakarta) is the oldest Christian theological college and university in Indonesia. It was founded in 1934 Events ...
, Jakarta *
Kolese Gonzaga English: ''For the Greater Glory of God'' , location = Jl. Pejaten Barat 10A , city = Jakarta Selatan , postcode = 12550 , province = , country = Indonesia , coordinates = , type ...
, Jakarta *
Kolese Kanisius , logo = Emblem of Canisius College.svg , logo_size = 140px , image = Kecak Kanisius.jpg , image_size = 270px , alt = , caption = Kecak dance during Canisius College Education ...
, Jakarta *
Kolese Loyola , logo = LoyolaSmg.jpg , logo_size = 140px , image = , alt = , caption = , slogan = Competence, Conscience, Compassion, Commitment , motto ...
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Semarang Semarang ( jv, ꦏꦸꦛꦯꦼꦩꦫꦁ , Pegon: سماراڠ) is the capital and largest city of Central Java province in Indonesia. It was a major port during the Dutch colonial era, and is still an important regional center and port today. ...
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Central Java Central Java ( id, Jawa Tengah) is a province of Indonesia, located in the middle of the island of Java. Its administrative capital is Semarang. It is bordered by West Java in the west, the Indian Ocean and the Special Region of Yogyakarta in t ...
* Lycée Français Louis-Charles Damais * Manado International School * Medan International School *
Mountainview International Christian School Mountainview Christian School (also known as MCS) is a private, Christian school located in Salatiga, Central Java, Indonesia. The school has a population of about 300 students and offers an educational program from kindergarten to 12th grade. Hi ...
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Salatiga Salatiga ( jv, ꦯꦭꦠꦶꦒ) is a Cities of Indonesia, city in Central Java province, Indonesia. It covers an area of and had a population of 192,322 at the 2020 Indonesian census, 2020 Census. Located between the cities of Semarang and Sura ...
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Central Java Central Java ( id, Jawa Tengah) is a province of Indonesia, located in the middle of the island of Java. Its administrative capital is Semarang. It is bordered by West Java in the west, the Indian Ocean and the Special Region of Yogyakarta in t ...
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New Zealand Independent School Jakarta The New Zealand School Jakarta (NZSJ), formerly New Zealand Independent School, is an international school located in Kemang, South Jakarta (''Jakarta Selatan''), Jakarta, Indonesia. It was established in 2002. The school changed its name from New ...
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North Jakarta International School North Jakarta Intercultural School (NJIS), formerly North Jakarta International School, is a private international school in Kelapa Gading, Jakarta, Indonesia. The school is an Internation Baccalaureate Continuum international school with an Amer ...
, Jakarta *
Nurul Fikri Boarding School Nurul Fikri Boarding School Serang (''Pesantren Ibnu Salam'', also known by the abbreviation NFBS) is a secondary and high school located in Jalan Palka, Cinangka, Serang, Banten, Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, ...
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Pelangi Kasih School Pelangi Kasih School is a private Christian religious primary and secondary school in Jakarta, Indonesia. The main campus is located at Taman Grisenda Blok A1 No.28 Jl. Pantai Indah Kapuk, Kapuk Raya, North Jakarta. Students are educated for the ...
* PSKD Mandiri *
Raffles International Christian School Raffles Christian School is an international school in Kelapa Gading, Pondok Indah, and Kebon Jeruk in Jakarta, Indonesia. The school grew from 136 students in 2007 to 3000 in 2018, across three campuses including pre-school, primary, secondary, a ...
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Regina Pacis School Regina Pacis School (RP or Recis) is the name of three Catholic basic education institutions in Indonesia. These schools are located in Jakarta, Bogor and Surakarta, and are named Regina Pacis Jakarta, Regina Pacis Bogor and Regina Pacis Surakar ...
, Palmerah, Jakarta Barat * Saint Joseph's School, Malang * Sekolah Bogor Raya *
Sekolah Dian Harapan 'Sekolah Dian Harapan'' is a national plus school in Lippo Karawaci, Banten, Jakarta, Daan Mogot, Manado, and Makassar Makassar (, mak, ᨆᨀᨔᨑ, Mangkasara’, ) is the capital of the Indonesian province of South Sulawesi. It is the la ...
, Tangerang, Jakarta * Sekolah Dyatmika,
Bali Bali () is a province of Indonesia and the westernmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands. East of Java and west of Lombok, the province includes the island of Bali and a few smaller neighbouring islands, notably Nusa Penida, Nusa Lembongan, and Nu ...
* Sekolah Global Indo-Asia,
Batam Batam is the largest city in the province of Riau Islands, Indonesia. The city administrative area covers three main islands of Batam, Rempang, and Galang (collectively called Barelang), as well as several small islands. Batam Island is the cor ...
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Sekolah High/Scope Indonesia Sekolah HighScope Indonesia is a national-plus school based in Jakarta, Indonesia, established in 1996. The director is Antarina S.F. Amir. The school is based on the HighScope Research Foundation Development curriculum, of which the institute it ...
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Sekolah Menengah Atas Kristen Penabur Gading Serpong Sekolah Menengah Atas Kristen PENABUR Gading Serpong, often shortened to SMAK PENABUR Gading Serpong (or AGS), is a Christian private high school located in Gading Serpong, Tangerang, Banten, Indonesia. It is organized by the BPK PENABUR Jakarta ...
* Sekolah Pelita Harapan, Jakarta *
Sinarmas World Academy Sinarmas World Academy (SWA) is a private school in South Tangerang. SWA opened its first classes from Pre-K to Grade 7 in July 2008. Grade 9 and Grade 10 were added in 2009 and Grade 11 with the start of the IB Diploma Programme in August 2010. E ...
, BSD City, Tangerang *
Singapore International School Singapore International School (SIS) is a kindergarten, elementary and secondary (up to Form Four and International Baccalaureate Diploma First Year and second year) school situated in two different campuses on Nam Long Shan Road, Hong Kong ...
* Singapore School Kelapa Gading * SMU St. Aloysius Bandung * SMU St. Angela * SMUK 1 Bandung * Surabaya European School * Surabaya Intercultural School,
Surabaya Surabaya ( jv, ꦱꦸꦫꦧꦪ or jv, ꦯꦹꦫꦨꦪ; ; ) is the capital city of the Provinces of Indonesia, Indonesian province of East Java and the List of Indonesian cities by population, second-largest city in Indonesia, after Jakarta. L ...
, East Java * Sutomo School, Medan (苏东中学) * St. Ursula School Bumi Serpong Damai * Tarakanita *
Taruna Nusantara Taruna Nusantara Senior High School (also called ''Tarnus'' or ''TN'') is a boarding senior high school with high-rated discipline that is located in the town of Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia. The school gains reputation from its strong emph ...
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Magelang Magelang () is one of six cities in Central Java that are administratively independent of the regencies in which they lie geographically. Each of these cities is governed by a mayor rather than a ''bupati''. Magelang city covers an area of 18. ...
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Central Java Central Java ( id, Jawa Tengah) is a province of Indonesia, located in the middle of the island of Java. Its administrative capital is Semarang. It is bordered by West Java in the west, the Indian Ocean and the Special Region of Yogyakarta in t ...
* Telkom Sandhy Putra Vocational School,
Medan Medan (; English: ) is the capital and largest city of the Indonesian province of North Sumatra, as well as a regional hub and financial centre of Sumatra. According to the National Development Planning Agency, Medan is one of the four main ...
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North Sumatera North Sumatra ( id, Sumatra Utara) is a province of Indonesia located on the northern part of the island of Sumatra. Its capital and largest city is Medan. North Sumatra is Indonesia's fourth most populous province after West Java, East Java and ...
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Trinitas Senior High School Trinitas Senior High School is a Roman Catholic private high school located in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. The school was founded in 1963 by the Sisters of Divine Providence under the local name SMA Trinitas Bandung. Facilities In 2009, T ...
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Bandung Bandung ( su, ᮘᮔ᮪ᮓᮥᮀ, Bandung, ; ) is the capital city of the Indonesian province of West Java. It has a population of 2,452,943 within its city limits according to the official estimates as at mid 2021, making it the fourth most ...
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West Java West Java ( id, Jawa Barat, su, ᮏᮝ ᮊᮥᮜᮧᮔ᮪, romanized ''Jawa Kulon'') is a province of Indonesia on the western part of the island of Java, with its provincial capital in Bandung. West Java is bordered by the province of Banten ...
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Wenhua Qiaoliang Trilingual National School Wenhua Qiaoliang Trilingual National School (文化桥梁三语国民学校 ''Wenhua Qiaoliang Sanyu Guomin Xuexiao'', literally "Cultural Bridge Three-language National School") in Bali, Indonesia, is the first government-established Chinese langu ...
(文化桥梁三语国民学校) *
Wesley International School, Malang Wesley School is a private, Christianity, Christian, international school located in Malang, Eastern Java, Indonesia. The school has a population of about 140 students and offers an American educational program from kindergarten to 12th grade. H ...


List of public senior secondary schools

Below are some of the 6.732 public senior secondary schools (SMA Negeri) in Indonesia: *
SMA Negeri 3 Bandung SMA Negeri 3 Bandung (also known as SMU 3 Bandung or SMA 3 Bandung) is a public high school located at Belitung street in Bandung, Indonesia. It shares a building with SMA 5 Bandung, consequently giving the schools the nickname SMA Belitung after ...
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SMA Negeri 5 Bandung SMA Negeri 5 Bandung (also known as SMU 5 Bandung or SMA 5 Bandung) is a public high school located on Jalan Belitung in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. It shares the same building with SMA Negeri 3 Bandung, consequently giving the schools the ...
* SMA Negeri 6 Bandung * SMA Negeri 19 Bandung * SMA Negeri 1 Blitar *
SMA Negeri 8 Jakarta SMA Negeri 8 Jakarta (also known as SMANDEL) is a selective, coeducational public high school in Jakarta, Indonesia. It is located on Jalan Taman Bukitduri, South Jakarta. The school is distinguished by Ministry of Education as ''Rintisan Sekola ...
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SMA Negeri 66 Jakarta SMA Negeri 66 Jakarta (66 Senior High School of Jakarta) is an Indonesian public high school. It is managed by the Ministry of Education and Culture Republic (''Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia''). The school is located at ...
* SMA Negeri 68 Jakarta * SMA Negeri 1 Malang * SMA Negeri 2 Medan * SMA Negeri 1 Narmada * SMA Negeri 3 Padang * SMA Negeri 1 Wringinanom * SMA Negeri 1 Yogyakarta


List of public senior vocational schools

Below are some of the 3,697 public senior vocational school (SMK Negeri) in Indonesia: * SMK Negeri 10 Bandung * SMK Negeri 1 Banjar Agung


See also

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Education in Indonesia Education in Indonesia falls under the responsibility of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology (''Kementerian Pendidikan, Kebudayaan, Riset, dan Teknologi'' or ''Kemdikbudristek'') and the Ministry of Religious Affairs ( ...
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List of universities in Indonesia This is a list of universities, colleges, polytechnics and other higher education in Indonesia. According to the former Directorate General of Higher Education (now part of the Ministry of Research, Technology, & Higher Education), in 2018 ther ...
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List of Indonesian agricultural universities and colleges This article lists agricultural universities, academies / polytechniques and colleges in Indonesia, by region. Bali and Nusa Tenggara Bali * Udayana University East Nusa Tenggara * Artha Wacana Christian University, Kupang * Kupa ...


References

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