Congress Education in Papua, Gau, Friesland, The Netherlands,

30 January to 1 February 2009

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Education in West Papua
At Ipenburg2

Summary
The paper discusses and evaluates the development of education in West Papua. It wants to
answer questions about the type of education that is most effective for Papua and for the
Papuans. What are the lessons to be learnt from history? How can Dutch organizations help
in an effective way in education for Papuans from Kindergarten to university? The paper
looks at formal and non-formal forms of education and training and also analyzes the political
and social context in which education takes place.

0. Introduction
We can distinguish five periods in Papuan history and for each period we will analyze the
role of education. These periods are (a) early period till 1900, the period where traditional
education dominated, (b) The period 1900 to 1950, the early beginnings of mission
education, mainly to train evangelist and gurus for the simple village schools, (c) The period
1950 to 1962, where the Dutch Government tried to make a giant leap forwards in education
to prepare the Papuans for self government and independence. (d) The period 1962 to 1998,
the introduction of an Indonesian curriculum, stressing the values of the Orde Baru
Government of Soeharto, (e) The period 1998 to present, a period where there are new
margins for improvement of the effectiveness of education, for foreign assistance and fro an
adaptation of the curriculum to the local conditions, including the introduction of the mother
tongue in the first years of the primary school and for literacy classes.
Papuan culture is characterized by extreme diversity. On the island of New Guinea over
1,000 different languages are spoken, divided into 60 language families. In West Papua 271

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I will use West Papua for the Western part of the island of New Guinea. Previous names for this
territory were: Papua Land (Tanah Papua), Nederlands Nieuw Guinee, Irian Barat, Irian Jaya and Papua. Since
2003 the Province Papua has been divided into the provinces of West Papua (the Birds Head and the Raja
Ampat islands West of the Birds Head) with the capital at Manokwari and Papua with the capital; at Jayapura.
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At Ipenburg (1945), studied political science, African history (doctorate) and systematic theology in
Amsterdam, London (SOAS) en Pretoria (UNISA). Ministerial studies in Leiden. Worked as lecturer and pastor in
the Netherlands, Zambia and Indonesia (West Papua). Taught from 1995 to 2002 anthropology, sociology and
ethics at the Theological College Izaak Samuel Kijne of the Evangelical Christian Church in Papua Land (GKI),
also Director of the Masters Program Missiology and minister of the GKI. Board member of HAPIN; candidate
for D66 Democratsw at the European elections of June 2009.
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languages are spoken. 3 Only one quarter of these languages has been studied. Cultures
show a similar diversity, indicating a creative genius of Papuans in this field. Traditional
forms of transfer of knowledge, like oral tradition, storytelling and rituals, have been
instrumental in preserving this diversity.

1. Early times to 1900: informal and non-formal education

For tens of thousands of years Papuans have been living on the island of New Guinea and
on other islands of the Indonesian archipelago and of the Pacific. On most islands the West
of New Guinea the Papuan population has declined, though remnants of it remain on Ceram
and Timor. People made a living by fishing, hunting, farming of sweet potatoes (batatas) and
vegetables, the pasture of pigs and the collecting of nuts and fruits in the forest.
The teaching of the skills to succeed was (and is) done in a non formal way. There is not
such a thing as a school, separated from society and specialized in the transfer of knowledge
to all age groups. Education was an integral part of traditional culture and imbedded in the
social structure. Young girls and boys were taught stories about the origins of the tribe and
clan, about the creation of the world, about the relationship between humans and the spiritual
world, with the animal and plant world in numerous stories. At the same time they were
taught all the practical skills needed for hunting and fighting to survive in a hostile
environment.

From an early age Papuans tend to live in mens houses and womens houses. Only the very
young boys were allowed to live with their mothers in the womens house. The libraries of
this period were the memories of the old people and also the customs, beliefs that were
connected with sacred objects, with relationships in the social structure and with particular
places in the environment, like mountains, trees, lakes and so on. The schools were the
places where collective knowledge and skills were transferred to the new generation.
However, the school as an institution did not exist. Education was holistic and a part of every
aspect of traditional society.

2. 1900-1950: Mission education

The first missionaries Carl Ottow an d Johann Geissler, arrived on Sunday 5 February 1855
in West Papua on the island of Mansinam, close to Manokwari. They began by learning the
language and they prepared a word, list and grammar of the Numfor language. In 1863 the

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For more information about the interesting topic of linguistic diversity in West Papua see: The
Ethnologue, web edition of the Summer Institute of Languages (SIL) at:
http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=IDP

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Utrecht Mission Society joined the effort and send J.L. van Hasselt, other theologically
trained missionaries, but also some artisans. Local development was an integral part of
mission work. Formal education played an important role in bringing people into the fold of
the church. Education in a school building separated from other activities in society, was
something completely new. The first five decades the missionaries had very little success in
luring children to their schools. They tried to entice them with small gifts for their parents, just
as church goers would receive a small gift after the service. Several of the early pupils of
mission education were former slaves, bought to their freedom by the missionaries. They had
to do household chores, but also had to attend the house services in the house of the
missionary, the church services, twice on the Sunday, and to attend school. By 1890 school
attendacnce was 60, with 32 catechesis students. In 1892 two Papuans, Petrus Kafiar and
Timotheus Awendu, were send to the Depok Seminary, close to Jakarta, for training as
evangelists.

In 1898 and 1902 the Dutch Government established government posts in Manokwari, Fak-
Fak and Merauke. However, involvement with placed not in the immediate surroundings of
these three posts was minimal. Still, in the period following the establishment there was a
considerable increase in the number of Papuans who joined the church. By 1934 the mission
counted more than 50,000 Christians, most of them from the North of West Papua. There
was a similar growth in school attendance. In the same year the Utrecht Mission Society
(Utrechtse Zendingsvereniging,UZV) had in West Papua 157 schools with 8,650 pupils. The
UZV concentrated on Village Schools with a three years program. This was the method of
evangelization. A guru was send into a village to establish a school at the request of the
villagers, and at the same time he would establish a candidate congregation.
By 1937 the number of pupils on this type of schools had increased to 10,000. In 1942 the
Mission had 300 of these village schools. It had started to offer education in the local Papuan
languages, like the Numfor language in Mansinam and Wandamen (Windesi). However, the
Government demanded in 1911 already the use of Malay as a condition for its grants in aid.
Only the Numfor schools in the first year were exempted from this rule. Till 1950 there was
only attention for the teaching in Malay. The Dutch language did not play a role. These
village schools provided only the most rudimentary from of education. It is likely that even
those who learnt how to read and write soon fell back into illiteracy when they did not
practice their skills of reading and writing. Only those who continued to a higher form of
education benefitted. But only a very small percentage of pupils could continue. In 1937 for
50,000 pupils on the village schools there were only 50 places on the Upper Primary School
(grades 4 and 5) and 9 places on a vocational school.
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The Roman Catholic Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (MSC) of Tilburg, started in
1905 a post in the South, in Merauke. They introduced the concept of the model kampong,
where life for all residents was strictly regulated. It was argued that without such discipline
the Marind-anim tribe would disappear. A venereal disease had spread and taken epidemic
proportions through adherence to traditional customs and rituals, like the otiv bombari ritual
which demanded sexual relations of all members of the tribe with a few women. The idea
was not uncontroversial. For instance, the Swiss anthropologist Paul Wirz, who had done
extensive research among the Marind-anim, was vehemently opposed to the method, which
according to him took away the cultural identity of this proud people of warriors.

The development of schools in the Catholic area was much slower. However, from the late
1920s there emerged a competition between Protestants and Catholics for the establishment
of schools. The mission that had established in a village a school could claim the village for
its mission. By 1940 the Roman Catholic Mission had 30 elementary schools in the South,
and 173 schools in the West, around Fak-Fak and in the Birds Head, where competition with
the Protestants was strongest.

3. 1950-1962: Preparation for self determination

In 1949 the Netherlands handed over sovereignty to the Government of the Federal Republic
of Indonesia (RIS). New Guinea remained outside the agreement. Pressure from Australia
that wanted a friendly power to control New Guinea, which had been used by Japan as a
spring-board for the invasion of Australia, played a role in this decision. West Papua could
now receive the full attention from the Dutch Government. The Dutch reported progress to
the new United Nations organization, as the Papuans the Dutch, following the Charter of the
United Nations, were now preparing the Papuans for self government. Education became the
priority, and the missions were enabled to expand their educational systems enormously,
with generous grants in aid from the Government. Hundreds of teachers were recruited from
the Netherlands.

From 1938 onwards West Papua had known a so called civilization school
(beschavingsschool). The aim was to civilize the Papuans with subjects like order and
hygiene, playing, flute playing, singing, the preparation of parties, dancing, school gardens,
basket weaving and the Three Rs. From 1945 onwards peoples schools (Volksscholen)
were founded with a more academic curriculum of Malay, reading, drawing, writing, singing,
flute playing and handicraft. After seven years Volksschool the best pupils could continue
to a Vervolgschool, hence VVS, which provided in a three years course a type of basic
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secondary education. The Protestants were at an advantage as they had more and better
schools, so more of their pupils could continue to more advanced education. At the VVS a
Papuan elite was being formed. Here Papuans were selected for further studies to become
teacher, police officer or government official. Also here those Papuans were trained, who
later represented the Territory at international conferences like those of the South Pacific.

In 1948 the Protestant Mission, the United Netherlands Mission (Vereenigde Nederlandsche
Zendingor VNZ) had in Northern New Guinea (Hollandia, Sarmi, Serui and Biak) 34
civilization schools and a total of 154 peoples schools (Volksscholen) with 227 teachers, of
which, however, only 99 were fully qualified. In Western New Guinea (Fak-Fak and Sorong)
the VNZ, the Protestant Church of the Moluccas and Roman Catholic Mission had in 1953 60
peoples schools with 1,873 pupils and 98 civilization schools with 2,999 pupils. The only
school then which offered more than very basic education was the Vervolgschool with a
three years program, established in 1945 in Yoka on the Southern shore of Lake Sentani.
The brightest boys were recruited from all over the Territory. They were housed in a boarding
school (asrama).
In 1955 the number of Volksscholen under management of the VNZ had increased to 325,
with 16,000 pupils. It had also 100 unsupported schools, established by evangelists in
villages, with 3,000 pupils. The number of inhabitants of West Papua was estimated in 1961
to be 750,000. This means that only a very small part of the youth had access to some form
of education. The system, moreover, was very elitist. From each 100 pupils only one could
continue to the Vervolgschool. After the VVS only a few of the abiturients could continue to
the Primary Secondary School (Primaire Middelbare Schoolor PMS) or to the Lower
Technical School or to Agriculture Schools.

There was a Primary Secondary School (Primaire Middelbare School or PMS) in Kota Raja
with 80 pupils, which you could attend after the six years Volksschool and Vervolgschool.
There was an effort to adapt the curriculum to the Papuan context. For instance, history
teaching was in the first grade the study of the Middle Ages and the emergence of the Dutch
state with William the Taciturn and William III, in the second grade the history of China and in
the third grade, the history of New Guinea, beginning with the voyages of the explorers.

In the 1950s there was a strong effort by the Catholics to catch up with the Protestants in the
area of education. In 1953 the Vicariate of Jayapura had 39 Franciscan Friars. There were
102 Catholic village schools, with 130 teachers and 3,500 pupils. Three quarters of the
schools received government grants in aid. There was a General Primary School (Algemene
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Lagere School) that used Dutch as medium of instruction. Sorong and Fak-Fak had also
such a General Primary School with 400 pupils. In that year five Sisters from Heerlen came
to work in Kokonao and Enarotali. In 1958 the Catholics opened a lower secondary school
(Primaire Middelbare School, hence PMS) in Hollandia, which had already a Protestant PMS.

To summarize, till 1960 there were six types of primary education:

(a) The Pioneer School (DSc), (b) The Village School with a three years program. For most
pupils this was the final from of schooling, (c) Some Village Schools with a four years
program, (d) The Village School with a Vervolgschool, (e) The Central Village School
Vervolgschool, which was of a lesser quality, compared to the Town School, and finally, (f)
The Town School (Stadsschool or LSB). By 1960 there was not a Teacher Training College
or Kweekschool.
The Government established government schools with Dutch as medium of instruction: the
General Primary School (Algemene Lagere School or ALS). It had two categories, the ALS
A for Dutch children, and the ALS Bfor Chinese children. Papua children who could prove
that at home the Dutch language was used could also attend these schools.

6. Since 1962: Indonesianisation and physical expansion of education

With the sudden, and quite unexpected, change of Government with the handing over of the
control of New Guinea, first to the UN and then to Indonesia, there was a discontinuity. The
Indonesians suspected everything that was Dutch. So from one day to the other in education
one had to change from Dutch to Malay or Bahasa Indonesia. All text books in Dutch were
taken out of the schools and burnt. All textbooks of the Dutch period were replaced by those used
in the rest of Indonesia, though the stories were in no way appropriate to the culture and scenery of
New Guinea. Papuan children had to learn about a Javanese boy named Ahmed and about
volcanoes, trains and railways stations. The educated Papuans in church, the educational system,
commerce and government were suspected of being pro-Dutch and, by implication, anti-Indonesian. In
the security approach of the Indonesian army this meant that these were people declared to be the
enemies. In December 1962 there was a night raid on the dormitories of the Teacher Training
College, the Civil Servants school (Bestuursschool), the Agricultural College and the Christian
schools in Kota Raja in Jayapura, led by Indonesian soldiers, using pro-Indonesian groups. Students
were beaten up and then transported to the military camp at Ifar Gunung, where they were imprisoned.
A considerable group of respected Papuans ended up in prison or were killed. Among them were
Eliezer Jan Bonay, the first governor of Irian Barat (Irian Jaya, West Papua), Rev. G. A. Lanta, the
former vice-chairman of the Synod of the GKI, Rev. Silas Chaay, secretary of the GKI, Rev. Osok of
the Moi tribe of the Birds Head, Saul Hindom, who had studied in Utrecht and was the leader of Shell
in Biak, Hank Yoka, the former secretary of the New Guinea Council, Alfeus Yoku, a leader from

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Sentani and David Hanasbey, inspector of police in Jayapura. Permenas Yoku, a teacher in Sentani,
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was killed at the end of 1963, because he refused to sign a pro-Indonesian declaration Johan Ariks,
former chairman of the Papua delegation at the Round Table Conference in 1949, died, at the age of
70, in Manokwari prison, after a speech he held on 1 July 1965, which was considered to be anti-
Indonesian.Even the pro Indonesian Frits Kirihio, the first Papuan university graduate, ended up in
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prison.

In 1969 there was a plebiscite which under strong intimidation of the Indonesian army did not produce
any dissent vote. After this Act of Free Choice the Government promised azutonomy for West Papua.
However, instead the territory got the status of Daerah Operasi Militer (DOM), which made the army
and police all powerful in the control of the people. There was a large influx of transmigrants, who
received plots of lands and grants, something that was not offered to local inhabitants. Moreover, a
great number of free migrants entered to settle. They occupied the major sections of the economy, like
building an retailing, but also the pasar, where products like vegetables and fish are sold. Papuans
cannot get in most cases a place in the market, but have to sell outside. According to the latest
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statistics the number of indigenous people to immigrants is 52 to 48.

The Indonesian Government made an effort to extend the educational system enormously. In 1971
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already about 30,000 children over 10 years of age were at school. In 1980 the number of primary
schools had increased to 1,445, with almost 155,000 pupils and the number of lower and higher
secondary schools to 126, with almost 30,000 pupils. The University Cenderawasih in Abepura,
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established in 1963, with four schools, had in 1976 1,039 students. In 1996 of the 1.5 million
inhabitants of West Papua (Papuans and non-Papuans) 422,703 had completed their primary
education, 370,994 some form of secondary education or vocational training and as many as 11,682
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had a university degree.

In May 1998, with the downfall of Soeharto and the ascent of Habibie, the era of Reformasi
began. There were hopes for a New Papua, but the period of Papuan Spring, were short-
lived. West Papua received a Special Autonomy Law in 2001 to meet the legitimate
aspirations of the Papuan people. It was offered as the same as Independence except for the
name. It did, however, not lead top real improvements in the situation of the Papuans as

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Z. Sawor, 1969: 40-45, quoting a Report by Silas Papare, member of the Peoples Congress, Jakarta,
13 March 1967. Zacharias Sawor studied tropical agriculture in Deventer, the Netherlands, till 1962. He was
treasurer of Parkindo, West Irian Section, from 1963 till 1965. He was in prison from August 1965 till August 1966.
In June 1967 he fled to Australian New Guinea. Since October 1968 he lives in the Netherlands.
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Frits Kirihio had been in the Dutch period leader of the Christian National Trade Union, which had at
that time 800 members.
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West Papua Fact Sheet, Franciscans International, 2009
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Sensus Penduduk 1971, March 1974, Central Statistical Office, Jakarta.
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Irian Jaya Dalam Angka 1980, Kantor Statistik Irian Jaya
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Irian Jaya Dalam Angka 1996, Kantor Statistik Irian Jaya
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many of the regulations of the law were never implemented. The number of immigrants
increased enormously, making the Papuans virtually a minority in their own land.

7. Conclusion
One should not idealize the short educational effort by the Dutch in the period 1950 to 1962.
The real value of it is in its principles of an education with the interest of the indigenous
people at heart. One could debate the efficacy of the system. The system only reached a
very small part of the youth in the relevant age group. Those who left school, without any
continued education in a Vervolgschool could easily fall back into illiteracy. Nevertheless,
those who continued all the way played later important roles in Papuan society. Many of
these were perceived by the Indonesian military and civil authorities as a threat and when
some of them were to critical they were murdered without a form of process. Later also
outspoken Papuan leaders like Arnold Ap, Thomas Wanggai and Theys Eluay were
imprisoned and murdered. The perpetrators were never being brought to court.

After 1962 Indonesia made a great effort to extend education and there was an enormous
increase in the number of schools and colleges. Immediately, in 1963, West Papua got a
university, the Cenderawasih University (UNCEN). However, notwithstanding this effort West
Papua remained relatively deprived educationally. The adult illiteracy level is 26 %, while in
Indonesia as a whole it is 11 %. 10 Moreover, the competition with migrants from other parts
of Indonesia is strong and generally speaking Papuans have a disadvantage on the labour
market because of prejudice against them. Mainly in enclaves, like the church and schools
and colleges under management by the churches, Papuans have an opportunity to advance.

Recommendations
1. Ongoing advocacy for Papuan human rights, political rights and the right to self
determination as these rights are instrumental for an effective system of education.

2. Specific support in the form of scholarships, combined with a form of super vision and
counseling of the bursaries, individual help with the preparation of a study plan and training
in study skills. training to make written assignments and theses.

3. Study facilities connected to a school or institution where the bursaries study or to the
asrama where they live in th form of a class room or study room with simple PCs and
printers.
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West Papua Fact Sheet, Franciscans International, 2009
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4. Pastoral guidance by a student chaplain. He or she would help the student to remain close
to the values received from the family and the congregation of origin of the church. Church
participation should be encouraged as it helps to give the student a feeling of personal value.

5. Specific training to improve ones chances on employment, like courses in English, simple
accounting courses, courses in ICT, like web site design.

6. A special training unit for preparing aspiring Master and PhD students for the TOEFL
exam to increase their chances for a scholarship.

7. Lobby for special places for Papua deserving students at institutions, sympathetic to the
Papua case, like the Christelijke Hogeschool Ede, the Theological University Kampen, the
Free University Amsterdam, The ISS, similar to the schems offered to Black students from
South Africa during Apartheid.

8. Scholarships to neighboring countries, like the Philippines, PNG, Australia, New Zealand
and Fiji.

9. Special support for study and research to Papua music, dance, sculpture and art. Attention
for Christian art.

10. Setting up a system, in collaboration with theological colleges in Papua, to analyze and
preserve local languages. The collecting of traditional stories and myths. Encouraging the
use of local languages in worship. Translating parts of Scripture in these languages, setting
up and encouraging literacy ;programs using local languages.

11. Support for the organization of sport competitions among students to learn fair play,
discipline and team effort.

12. Helping with informal forms of education, for instance by the churches to improve lay
leadership. A good example of this is the Sekolah Al Kitab Malam (SAM), set up by Rev
Scheuneman in various towns

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