At the senior secondary level the c

At the senior secondary level the curriculum structure has been
developed so it can be delivered in both general senior (SMA) and Islamic
(MA) senior secondary schools. It comprises a core structure including basic
competencies, and elective choices. It provides academic choices in SMAs
and MAs and vocational ones in vocational general (SMK) and Islamic
schools (MAK)
The SMA/MA curriculum structure consists of:
• Group A (religion, manners, civics, Bahasa Indonesia, mathematics,
history, and English) and Group B (arts, health and sports, and craft
and entrepreneurship) compulsory subjects.
• Group C, which consists of interest-based subjects namely
mathematics and science, social science, languages, and culture.
• specifically for MAs, in addition to the interest-based subjects,
MORA can add other interest-based subjects.
The national government develops the content for Group A and Group C
subjects. Group B subject content is developed by the national government
and further completed by the regional government. The national curriculum
also sets out the number of lessons that students must take in a week and over
the year and prescribes the lesson time.
In order to develop parity of esteem between academic and vocational
learning at senior secondary school a consistent structure was developed
which consists of voluntary subjects and electives in vocational education.
There are 9 compulsory subjects, taking up 24 lesson hours per week. The
contents of the curriculum (core and basic competences) for SMA/MAs and
SMK/MAKs are the same for all schools in Indonesia. Students can select
subjects based on their interest.