Rural and remote area education strategic planning study for Tanah Papua 2014

This document sets out a proposed Strategic Plan for the provision of basic education in the rural and remote areas of Papua and West Papua (Tanah Papua).1 It represents the fi ndings of a program conducted by the Analytical and Capacity Development Partnership (ACDP) with funding from both Australian Aid (AusAID) and the European Union (EU) and administered by the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The study was commissioned by the Provincial Heads of Education from both the Provinces of Papua and West Papua with the specifi c purpose of developing a Strategic Plan for improving access to and quality of basic education provision in the remote and rural areas of Tanah Papua that will contribute to the Educational planning process based on the recently approved Presidential Decree of Special Autonomy in Education (Perdasus).