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Special
autonomy has failed. But the greatest failure has little to do with the aspects
of special autonomy that were implemented by Jakarta. Rather, it is the parts
of special autonomy that were handed over to provincial and district officials:
health and education services.
The
autonomy cash cow
Many
local officials and elites no longer see special autonomy as a means of
development. For them, it is a way to access greater national subsidies, which
they can take for themselves or spread through their patronage networks. For
the elite, affirmative action is no longer a means to redress the
under-representation of Papuans in official positions; instead, it is another
way of milking the system. ‘No-show’ jobs have now. Papua now has more than
double the number of civil servants that it actually requires. This is an
obvious benefit for those who get the jobs, but it has little value for those
still locked out.
The
failings of special autonomy are enhanced by the uncontrolled creation of new
districts, sub-districts and villages under the process known as ‘pemekaran’
(proliferation).. In theory, pemekaran intends to make smaller government
entities more accountable. In reality, it simply allows local elites to access
funds while pushing ordinary Papuans further away from the services that could
improve their lives. Special autonomy has created a dividing line between
Papuan elites who benefit directly from it, and the majority of Papuans, who
receive a pittance.
In
previous articles (Living without a state; The middle of nowhere; Land of
ghosts), I have explored particular regions in Papua’s highlands and lowlands.
I have tried to bring to light the struggles and concerns of the people who
live there – struggles which are divorced from the political discourses that
many outsiders mistakenly believe are paramount in the lives of most Papuans.
Now I aim to explain how Papuan governments are dealing with their people’s
most pressing concerns in the era of special autonomy. In this article, I will
discuss how and why the educational system has collapsed in the highlands. I
will look at similar failings in healthcare in a later article.
The death
of a system
In
Papua’s highlands, the interplay of misused special autonomy funding;
pemekaran; flawed human resource management; and local understandings of the
nature of education, have combined to break the educational system. Almost
nobody acknowledges these problems. Instead, a pantomime occurs where many
government officials blame the poor education system, lack of
infrastructure, or even highland children themselves. Because of this
misunderstanding of the problem, the solutions offered are flawed.
A grimmer
and more realistic picture of Papua’s failing educational system in remote
areas can be found in every area, a open new district in the highlands in
anywhere. District Department of Education figures indicate that only 18 per
cent of children complete primary school there. Worse still, completing primary
school is no guarantor of literacy. The majority of highlands high school
graduates are barely literate. look and understand... haiii papua government..
For
the example..
All for
those who are come in from the papua (mountain people) take a look
this picture, this is a state asset building located in Paniai, Agadide Dist.
school face, senior hight school one agadide from Paniai Government and Papua
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| "one of the building face, Junior hight
school in located Agadide Dist. Paniai Government Papua"
The
government of Papua and even the central government need to see
that, because this building is not market And building for animals,
i have to talk that, Paniai Local government and Papua as center
gonernment you should be see and fix soon, you know this is a
aset future building for you and me as who are nation people Papua.
And
b'couse the education is one owner developing, keepping pleade! it temporarily
where are lost in the middle of this government
If Papua
people will love future and grandchildren papua, love Education, we
are same papuan, dont look you are from the mount and the beach, we have to
look hearly, we are is one and we are live in oneroom so we do
not differences but lets us going to look how ebout the
edication becouse, papua people will disappear because we papuans do
not know more about education, today, as a of all students papua, speak to the
all of gavernment that, on behalf of officials papua in general do
not you on this bindan education do not play like game Soccer, focusing more on
your exit alone
Sisteim
kinship that makes papua no development of current hinggah, the future will be
where if the system play in government like this, please understand and
understand well in this case, Thanks
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