Community Challenges in Accessing Educational Facilities in Moyo Island

Abstract

This work aims at identifying the key factors surrounding education facility accessibility in Moyo Island, West Nusa Tenggara with a qualitative research study. Through in-depth interviews with parents, teachers, and community leaders, the research identifies four primary barriers: proximity, poor physical facilities, scarcity of teachers, and financial embargoes. These are critical barriers to school attendance mainly among young children due to difficult terrains and weak transport networks; and generally unfavourable learning conditions arising out of poor infrastructural resource endowment including the absence of proper sanitation facilities and the likes. Further, the study shows that where there is shortage of teachers, there is also high turnover, meaning that quality education as provided to learners is compromised. Economic challenges worsen the situation because families are forced to meet other expenses not covered by the educational institutions like; uniform, transport and other stationery needs. These outcomes support the interdependent notion of these challenges showing the necessity of specific approaches to address learning difficulties. This analysis clarifies the significance of community participation and cultural relevance for schooling to enhance knowledge of education disparity in rural Indonesia. The findings encourage multi-faceted approaches that go beyond the identification of present difficulties and barriers to learning and propose effective pathways to constructive improvements for educational experiences in the distant future.