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Interreligious Competence and Educational Equality in Indonesian Multireligious Public School Environments

This study examines the structural and social barriers to providing equitable religious education in Indonesian public schools, highlighting how interreligious competence facilitates coexistence despite resource constraints.

Open to researchQualified 88/100P4 provenance
Primary research question

To what extent does interreligious competence mitigate the impact of resource-based inequalities in religious education within diverse public school settings?

Knowledge gap

What remains worth asking

There is limited empirical evidence regarding how teacher and student competencies compensate for systemic institutional barriers in rural religious education delivery.

Potential contribution

Why it may matter

Provides a framework for policymakers to improve educational equity by prioritizing teacher training in interreligious competence in underserved regions.

Academic placement

OECD fields and topic tags

6.3Philosophy, ethics and religion
Education PolicySociology of ReligionDevelopment Studies

Scope: Focused on elementary and junior high school systems in Indonesia. · Method signals: Case Study, Qualitative Interviewing

Possible study pathways

One question, different levels

Postgraduate diploma

Policy analysis of inclusive education in diverse religious contexts.

Research master’s

Comparative analysis of religious education models in pluralistic societies.

originalityModerate
methodologyAccessible
Data accessModerate
ethicsAdvanced

Qualification signal

88/100

  • Highlights the tension between institutional capacity and social tolerance.
  • Requires sensitivity to local religious dynamics.
  • Open-access scholarly source and DOI metadata verified

Provenance

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APA 7 source

Utami, P. T. (2022). Raising religious inherency: the role of interreligious competence in achieving religious education equality in multireligious public schools in Indonesia. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 9(1), Article 271. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-022-01298-y

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