After graduating from NUS, I returned to the company I co-founded to lead a small team called the ‘Acceleration Task Force’, which combines corporate strategy and business transformation. One of my early tasks here is building the Human Resource Department from the ground up, as it has been three years since we last had one […]
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This piece reflects on why large-scale investment in Indonesia’s teacher reform has failed to produce significant learning gains, and what systemic issues are being overlooked. As a country that stretches over the same distance as London to New York and consists of more than 17,000 islands with more than 1300 different ethnic groups, ensuring that
A recent announcement by Indonesia’s Education Minister reignited a familiar debate: national exams are making a comeback in 2026, this time in a new format. After being abolished in 2021, the reintroduction of the Ujian Nasional (UN) is said to be part of an effort to re-establish educational standards across the country. Reading this news
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