The Indonesia government requires children to undergo six years of primary and three years of secondary education, while pre-school education such as Playgroup or kindergarten is voluntary and not coercive, provided that the child enrolled in the school must be three years old or more.

 

The public sector schools run by the Government are relatively low compared to the privates. The Education bureau enforces every student to attend religious classes. They can choose to study Islam, Christianity, Buddhism or others, but because the entire education system is dominated by Islam, most students are encouraged by teachers and principals to choose Islamic beliefs

 

As the world economy relies on English as the primary communication language,  many schools want to improve students ' English ability, but cannot find Islamic teachers who can speak good English.  Christians who generally good at English are therefore allowed to enter the school to teach. However, Muslim principals and staff will always keep close eyes on those teachers and will regularly give high measurements and additional policies to prevent Christian teachers perform.