Exams Centralised exam system prevents an interest in teaching or learning. Students become complacent and lazy. Possibly teachers are scared to fail them. Marks are too low in ET, according to the educational authorities in Dili, so East Timorese Principals are asked to increase them. Therefore East Timor is inclined to attract poor quality teachers from other provinces.
Students have to waste time walking or waste money going by bus.
Teacher housing Insufficient teacher housing in regions outside Dili. Teachers forced to billet with families. There is a centralised Javanese-oriented curriculum and exams, for all 40 million Indonesian students. The curriculum of Indonesian schools is focussed on nation-building, and the Javanese struggle for freedom. Curriculum not relevant to East Timorese.