Education in Papua

Dubbed the black pearl of the archipelago, Papua sprang a surprise in 2004 when one of its teenagers won a prestigious international scientific award.

The prize, Poland’s First Step to a Nobel Prize in Physics (FSNPP), has so far eluded students in the far more developed areas of Indonesia.

This unprecedented achievement repeated itself the following year when another Papuan student won the prize, showing the rest of the nation that the poverty- and illiteracy-ridden province has plenty of scientific talent in store.

Both Septinus George Saa and Anike Nelce Bowaire represent a paradox of the country’s education system.

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