Supporting the BOS Program

EDUCATION KEMENTERIAN PENDIDIKAN NASIONAL UPDATE 57781 Supporting the BOS Program Findings from the BOS-KITA Regional Independent Monitoring Team Starting in 2009, a team of 14 regional in- rollment figures. Transparency is increasing, dependent monitors (RIM) has visited more and schools are now more frequently sharing ISSUE 1 than 2,000 schools across 73 districts and their budgets with the school community. 33 provinces in Indonesia to check how the NOVEMBER 2010 BOS program is working. Fielded by the World The 2011 series of training for schools and Bank under the BOS-KITA project and funded school committees needs to emphasize the by a grant from the Royal Netherlands Go- role of school committees in monitoring fund vernment, this team has brought new data use. (See page 3 for more information on BOS Inside This Issue: and insights to inform BOS program manage- training 2011). ment and the government. Some key findings Findings from the BOS- were published in national newspapers in Some local governments are taking the ini- KITA Regional Independent August 2010, when the Minister of National tiative to improve the BOS program by: Monitoring Team Education shared them at a press conference.