Education Management Systems and its Challenges in Timor-Leste
Keywords:
Education, theory of education, challenges, qualitativeAbstract
This study seeks to explore and understand the issues and their solutions, as well as the advancements and quality of education and its challenges in Timor-Leste during both historical and contemporary periods of the island's independence. This study is a qualitative examination that employs paraphrasing, note-taking, and utilizes the library research techniques. The finding of this research the education system from the Portuguese colonial era was very poor and only took the Timorese leaders liurais’ generation and the normal people are asked to pay the taxes called ‘imposto’ to the government of Portuguese. There was no university established by the Portuguese government since their presence in the island for 450 years settle until they left the territory. The Indonesia's occupation in Portuguese Timor generated the various advance of education in most education sectors. The predominantly young Timorese have received education since the Indonesian era, and there are no issues of discrimination in accessing education in any location. The quality of education management is shaped by government leaders, educational institutions, and societal influences. To achieve quality education, all participants must be involved and engage in capacity-building activities or training related to the learning process. Teachers fulfill their roles by educating, relying solely on the three core elements: Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment. The education system in Timor-Leste today is being adopted the mixed curriculums of two countries, the curriculum of Indonesia and the European curriculum ECTS.
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