These schools were selected to function as models of school development based upon their past and present commitment to education and because they had all attempted to address significant quality improvement issues.

Much of the quality improvement has been achieved through close cooperation with their local communities. This cooperation has been achieved because the schools have attempted to expand school activities (extra-curricular) so as to better reflect the needs of their individual communities (and situations).

One of the schools (SMUN 23 in Bandung) has demonstrated exemplary replicable entrepreneurial skills in order to achieve development and to maximize their local resources. These issues "addressing local needs" and "self-funding" are key issues for achieving school-based management (SBM) which is a current priority in Indonesian education.

Our Amythas staff Katherine (top) and Edwina performed an excellent job of organizing and keeping us all "in order".

The primary objectives of the workshop were to:
- share experiences,
- better understand how to address school development through this sharing process,
- identify and document the processes of development within these schools for the benefit of other Indonesian secondary schools.

The workshop comprised activities which included; whole group, mixed group, and specific stakeholder groups (i.e. parents, students, teachers, headmasters). All participants were encouraged and given the opportunity to speak in a non-threatening environment about issues which they perceive as educational priorities.