Adiwiyata School Program in Indonesia

Since 2006, the Ministry of Environment and the Ministry of Education of Indonesia have worked together to promote environmental education through developing an environmentally friendly Green School Program known as the Adiwiyata Program. The objective is to encourage the school community to implement environmentally friendly behavior. By involving relevant stakeholders, such as government agencies, universities and NGOs engaged in the environmental education sector, this program evaluates and give awards to schools which voluntarily participate in the program and are responsible for efforts related to preserving the environment through schools' policy, greening the curriculum, participative community's actions and infrastructure. The Indonesian Ministry of Environment and the Ministry of Education has recently renewed their commitment to improve environmental education through formal, informal and non-formal education. This commitment is being used as reference for local governments to implement and monitor the development of environmental education, such as maintaining of Adiwiyata School performance. The Adiwiyata School Program undertakes the following activities: A. Caring Schools Policy Development and Environment Cultured To create a caring school environment and culture will require some school policies that support the implementation of the activities of environmental education by all citizens of the school in accordance with basic principles of program that is participatory and sustainable Adiwiyata. Development of school policies include: 1. The vision and mission of the school concerned and cultured environment. 2. School policy in developing educational learning environment. 3. Policy capacity building of human resources (faculty and non-educational) in the field of environmental education. 4. School policies in an effort to save natural resources. 5. School policies that support the creation of the school environment clean and healthy. 6. School policy for the allocation and use of funds for activities related to environmental problems. B. Curriculum-Based Development Environment Submission of environmental material to students can be done through the curriculum in an integrated or monolithic. Material development, learning models and learning methods vary, undertaken to provide insight to students about environmental issues associated with the everyday environment (local issues). Curriculum development can be done include: 1. Development of cross-subject learning model. 2. Excavation and material development and environmental problems that exist in the surrounding communities. 3. Development of environment-based learning methods and culture. 4. Development of curricular activities to enhance students' knowledge and awareness about the environment. C. Development of activity based To create a caring school environment and culture, citizens of the school need to be involved in a variety of environmental learning activities. In addition schools are also expected to involve surrounding communities in a variety of activities that provide good benefits for the citizens of the school, society and environment. Tersebutantara other activities: 1. Creating extra curricular activities / curriculum in the environmental field-based participatory in school. 2. Following the action of environmental activities undertaken by outsiders. 3. Building a partnership activities or initiate the development of environmental education in schools. D. Management and development of school In realizing that caring school environment and culture should be supported facilities and infrastructure that reflects the environmental management efforts, among others, include: 1. The development of means of support functions to an existing school environmental education. 2. Improving the quality of environmental management within and outside the school district. 3. Saving natural resources (electricity, water, and ATK). 4. Improved service quality healthy food. 5. Development of waste management systems. Some 463 schools, in 28 provinces of Indonesia, were awarded the National Adiwiyata Certificate by the Ministry of Environment, reaching a number of about 1000 schools in total. The award was granted by the Minister of Environment, Mr. Balthasar Kambuaya, accompanied by the Deputy Minister of Education and Culture, Mr. Musliar Kasim, during a conference from the 20th to the 21st of December 2013 in Jakarta. In the upcoming years, the Adiwiyata Program will be scaled up to reach the strategic mass level by influencing local governments to have their own local Adiwiyata Programs in order to spread out environmental education. Adiwiyata Schools are encouraged to get their influence on other schools to participate on environmental activities. In the meantime, it is hoped that they will build networking with other green schools both within and between countries, especially to share their experience in environmental education with different cultural background. Ministry of National Education (Indonesia) Pusat Informasi dan Hubungan Masyarakat (PIH) Kemdikbud Gedung C Kemdikbud Lt 4 Jl. Jenderal Sudirman Senayan Jakarta, 10270 Telephone: 62 (0) 21 5703303 Fax : 62 (0) 21 5733125 Email : pengaduan@kemdikbud.go.id Ministry of Environment (Indonesia) Jl. DI Panjaitan Kav. 24 Jakarta Timur 13410 Telephone: 62 (0) 21-851 7184 Fax: 62 (0) 21-851 7184 Email: edukom@menlh.go.id