Stories & Best Practices

Storybooks Helped a Student in Tana Tidung, North Kalimantan, to Finish Primary School

Storybooks have been a lifeline for Thomas Kelvin during the COVID-19 pandemic. Kelvin has special needs that cause him to be a slow learner. However, thanks to the children storybooks that his school regularly lent

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INOVASI program invites you to participate in a short survey about our shared content and information. The result of this survey is expected to strengthen the quality of INOVASI website and social media in the

Booklet Good Practices: Collection of Learning Strategies during the Pandemic by Educators in East Java

(Booklet only available in Bahasa Indonesia) During the pandemic, teachers are required to carry out distance learning with various limitations. Teachers and local facilitators who have been trained, through their skills and initiative and with

Teachers in North Kalimantan Create Twelve Local Content Children Storybooks

In July 2021, twelve teachers from Malinau District and Tana Tidung District, North Kalimantan (Kaltara), were selected to participate in a training to write and create children’s storybooks based on local stories. The training was

The Struggle Story of Ana Paji Jiara, a Teacher at SD Inpres Wunga Primary School in the Remote Part of East Sumba, to Fulfill the Learning Needs of Her Students

Ana Paji Jiara, S.Pd., (40), a teacher at SD Inpres Wunga Primary School in Haharu Sub-district, East Sumba District, East Nusa Tenggara, practices mother tongue-based transition learning method in her class. Jiara, who graduated from

Learning Recovery in North Kalimantan: From the Regent’s Response to Field Practice

More than one year of school closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic has had an impact on students’ learning loss. Three regents of INOVASI’s partner districts in North Kalimantan, namely Bulungan, Malinau, and Tana Tidung,

Creating Comfortable Learning and Meeting Students’ Needs in Madrasah

Early grade teachers have a great responsibility in building foundational skills such as writing, reading and arithmetic. These three skills will determine how students experience learning in subsequent classes.

Multi-Stakeholder Collaboration is Needed to Encourage the Use of Mother Tongue in Early Grade Learning

On the map, East Sumba District stretches across the left tip of Sumba Island in East Nusa Tenggara. East Sumba’s very diverse landscape brings a variety of accessibility challenges. During the rainy season, access to