Indonesia in the Expanded BRICS Formation: Significance from Perspective of Comparative and International Education
نویسندگان
1 North-West University, South Africa
doi
10.22034/ijce.2025.548303.1675چکیده
The aim of this research is to investigate the significance or the added value, that Indonesia brings to the BRICS grouping, from the perspective of Comparative and International Education? The article commences with clarifying the concept Comparative and International Education and taking stock of the present state of the field. Northern Hegemony and the lack of attention to education in Indonesia are identified as two major challenges. The societal context and education effort of Indonesia are then surveyed and assessed. It is concluded that Indonesian education will add significant weight to the Expanded BRICS grouping as vanguard of education in the Global South and the role of the grouping in leading the affirmation of the Global South in global education. Adult literacy, language of learning and teaching, and accommodating religion in education are identified as three aspects of the case of Indonesian education especially noteworthy for the global community.