Many Indonesian Girls Have Not Yet Completed Primary School

Periodic surveys by the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) show that many girls aged 10-14 years are still not attending school or have not completed primary school (SD).

This survey result is evident from the 2000 Population Census (SP), the 2010 SP, the 2015 Intercensal Population Survey (SUPAS), and the 2020 SP.

In 2000, the percentage of girls who were not attending school or had not completed primary school reached 58.75% of the total number of girls aged 10-14 years that year. Meanwhile, 39.01% attended primary school, and only 2.25% attended junior high school/equivalent.

Subsequently, the percentage of those who did not complete primary school decreased in 2010, although it increased again in 2015, as seen in the graph. More than half of the girls in Indonesia were still not attending school or had not completed primary education in the three survey periods: 2000, 2010, and 2015.

By 2020, the number of girls attending primary and secondary school increased significantly. The details are: 49.34% of girls who did not complete primary school; 46.22% attended primary school; and 4.45% attended junior high school.

"This indicates an improvement in educational attainment in Indonesia, particularly among girls aged 10-14 years," wrote the BPS in its report, *Study on the Fertility of Girls Aged 10-14 Years in Indonesia*.

BPS also noted that the number of girls aged 10-14 years reached 10.73 million in 2022. This figure is equivalent to 3.89% of Indonesia's total population.

(Also read: [Empowerment of Indonesian Women Among the Lowest in ASEAN in 2022](https://databoks.katadata.co.id/datapublish/2023/10/17/pemberdayaan-perempuan-indonesia-termasuk-rendah-di-asean-pada-2022))