The city government (local government) and Unesco Yogyakarta cooperate in developing educational / school inclusion, as well as a pilot model for cities and districts in Indonesia.
"There is a vision for developing inclusive schools. We need cooperation with many parties. Very grateful to be working with UNESCO, "said the Mayor of Yogyakarta, Haryadi Suyuti, while receiving representatives of UNESCO, at the local town hall.
"Later, not only involving the Department of Education, but also the Department of Transportation, Department of Settlement and Regional Infrastructure, and Regional Development Planning Agency (Bappeda) Yogyakarta," he explained.
According to the Head of Economic Affairs, Revenue Development and Cooperation Yogyakarta City Government, Danang Subagjono, to realize the cooperation program will be assigned a number of schools as a model.
School inclusion is not only targeting graduating students only, but students also need to have expertise. Schools must have a competent teacher and supervisor. "In Yogyakarta there are 33 school inclusion of kindergarten to high school level or its equivalent, with a total of 288 students," said Danang.
Head of Basic Education, Department of Education of Yogyakarta, Sugeng Subono admit, there are still teachers who do not understand how to deal with children with special needs. On the other hand, schools such as laboratory infrastructure is still lacking.
Head of Social and Human Sciences UNESCO, charaf Ahmimed describes, through a collaborative program that is expected to run in April 2013, could be the beginning and a model for other regions in Indonesia.
Through the first program in Indonesia, is expected to develop into a national program, especially for education in eastern Indonesia.
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