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UNESCO Project Sheet on Creating Learning Communities for Children (CLCC)

What is it? Creating Learning Communities for Children (CLCC) is a Government of Indonesia-UNESCO-UNICEF project aimed to improve the quality of primary schools through the introduction of more effective School-Based Management, Active, Joyful and Effective Learning, and Community Participation. In the Piloting/Development Phase (mid 1999-mid 2002) CLCC was financially supported by UNESCO and UNICEF. Phase II (May 2007-July 2010) was again mostly funded by NZAID, and complemented with funding from the private sector. Since March 2013-December 2016 NZAid has been supporting UNESCO in developing and disseminating an instructional Video on CLCC/SBM.

Why? To develop capacity of key educational stakeholders at national and sub-national levels in order to strengthen, sustain, and mainstream the CLCC approaches in support of primary schools.

What is technical assistance? Technical assistance is non-financial assistance provided by local or international specialists such as sharing information and expertise, instruction, skills training, transmission of working knowledge, and consulting services.

Beneficiary countries Indonesia

How does it work? CLCC was created during the Piloting/Development Phase (mid 1999-mid 2002) by the Government of Indonesia (Ministry of Education and Culture), UNESCO and UNICEF. During Phase I (mid 2002-2006), funded by NZAID (since 2002) and AusAID (since 2003), the project focused on expansion, and attempted to provide an affordable and replicable of School-Based Management (SBM) school model to the central and local governments. A series of introductory activities were conducted within this period in order to familiarize the related stakeholders with the CLCC concept and its practices and in raising their awareness of the importance of good quality primary education. It is also within this phase that the project has begun its expansion to larger number of provinces, districts, and schools. Phase II (May 2007-July 2010), mostly funded by NZAID and complemented with funding from the private sector, focused on instutionalization of the CLCC model & practices. NZAID

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provided funding of USD 6.4 million for UNICEF and UNESCO to continue providing expertise service, equipment and materials, preparation of contractual arrangement, and technical and administrative backstopping in program implementation and monitoring. Phase II emphasized developing capacities of key educational stakeholders and institutions at national and sub-national levels. It invested on providing support to the existing government structure in an effort to integrate and consolidate training and advocacy content of CLCC project within systemic SBM joint programming approach. It put increased attention to Monitoring & Evaluation as a basis for assessing institutionalization process and results for evidence-based decision-making and planning. Since March 2013-December 2016, funded by NZAid, the Ministry of Education and Culture and UNESCO Jakarta are developing and disseminating an instructional Video on CLCC/SBM.

Duration Mid-1999 – Dec 2016

Expected results The ultimate goal of the CLCC programme is to assist the Government of Indonesia in its efforts towards improving the quality of primary schools through developing a tried-out improvement model that is affordable and replicable. The expected results are: 1. Capacities of key supervisory, planning, and policy

functions within district education services in support of schools and clusters developed. (This is the expected result for activities in 2015-2016.)

2. Improvements in school management, teaching learning, and community participation through school and cluster support strengthened and sustained.

3. CLCC/SBM content and practices within LPMPs (Government Education Quality Assurance Institute) institutionalized in support of in-service training for teachers, head teachers and school supervisors.

4. SBM content and practices institutionalized within teacher training units of universities in support of pre-service training.

5. Status and progress of SBM documented through a redesigned Monitoring & Evaluation scheme.

6. SBM National and Sub-National Development Teams established and functioning in overseeing and guiding implementation of SBM policy and programmes.

Main activities undertaken In 2015, a Video on CLCC has been produced, duplicated and disseminated. In the process, experts from Pustekkom (Centre for Information and Communication Technology for

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Education of the MoEC), the Directorate for the Management of Primary Schools (MoEC), the School-Based Management Resource Centre at the State University of Malang, and UNESCO Jakarta developed the script of the seven components on: (1) Curriculum and Learning, (2) Students, (3) Teachers and Education Personnel, (4) Facilities and Infrastructure, (5) School Financing, (6) School and Community Relation and, (7) School Culture and Environment. The video shootings were done at schools on 9-12 February 2015 in Makassar (South Sulawesi); on 24-27 February in Magelang (Central Java); and on 28 February–3 March 2015 in Mojokerto (East Java). The video was finalized in late May 2015. Over 3,000 copies have been made, and soft copies are readily available. Most of the duplicated copies of the video were distributed during the CLCC Workshops and Trainings activities held in Yogyakarta and Makassar in June-July 2015.

Current status of the project In 2016 assistance will be provided to further train CLCC to supervisors, school principals and school teachers using the Video, and further disseminate the Video to more schools. In addition, support will be provided in monitoring usefulness of the video, and in evaluating the impact of CLCC on student learning in selected Districts.

Link to culture and development The Video functions to complement MoEC’s new (2013) “Guideline for the Implementation of Manajemen Berbasis Sekolah (School-Based Management) in Primary Schools”, where the three pillars of CLCC (School-Based Management; Active, Creative, Joyful and Effective Learning; and Community Participation) have been integrated in the following seven Components of MBS: 1. School-Based Management of Curriculum and Learning 2. School-Based Management of Learners 3. School-Based Management of Teachers and Educational

Personnel 4. School-Based Management of Facilities and Infrastructure 5. School-Based Management of Financing 6. School and Community Relations 7. School Culture and Environment

Using the video, a structured CLCC/School-Based Management (SBM) programme strengthening for Education Office officials is now in place in the provinces and districts and Cities of Special Territory of Yogyakarta, Central Java, East Java and South Sulawesi. Structured CLCC/SBM training of School Supervisors, School Principals and School Teachers have been implemented in 16 districts and 4 cities in provinces of South Sulawesi, Yogyakarta, Central Java and East Java, resulting in trained staff who directly implement

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the CLCC/SBM good practices. Through dissemination of the video in 2015, 50 more Education Office officials at the provincial, district and city levels in South Sulawesi, Yogyakarta and East Java have been convinced and agree on the importance of the SBM programme. They have also been provided with copies of the Video which they can use to deliver further trainings at the district level. A network of CLCC/SBM schools has also been developed that can make a difference through closer cooperation and experience sharing.

Contact person Mr. Zakki Gunawan (NPO, UNESCO Jakarta)

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