Ahead of the second year of KREASI Program implementation, the KREASI team from Save the Children and Stimulant Institute held an audience with the Wakil Gubernur Provinsi Maluku Utara, Sarbin Sehe, in Kabupaten Pulau Morotai on 26 February 2026. The meeting aimed to strengthen collaboration with the Government of Provinsi Maluku Utara in supporting KREASI’s efforts to improve education quality in the province.
During the meeting, participants discussed the impact of KREASI implementation throughout 2025 as well as opportunities to further expand the program’s impact with support from the provincial government.
Throughout 2025, KREASI in Kabupaten Pulau Morotai supported 21 sekolah dasar/madrasah ibtidaiyah (SD/MI) and 8 PAUD/TK/RA. School principals received training on instructional leadership, while teachers were mentored in applying play-based learning approaches to support students experiencing learning difficulties through more participatory teaching methods.
One of the key interventions to improve literacy and numeracy was implemented through the Klub Literasi dan Numerasi (Catch-Up Club). Since July 2025, the club has reached 418 students in KREASI-supported schools in Kabupaten Pulau Morotai who were experiencing learning difficulties, including students who had not yet recognized letters. Of this number, 107 students have reportedly learned to read after participating in the mentoring sessions.
In addition to classroom interventions, the program also produced a book documenting best practices from teachers in KREASI-supported schools in Kabupaten Pulau Morotai, as well as a student publication featuring poems and short stories about Morotai. These initiatives aim to strengthen literacy learning grounded in local context.
“Implementation of KREASI in Kabupaten Pulau Morotai has been strengthened by a solid regional education ecosystem involving multiple technical units, including BPMP, BGTK, LPTK Provinsi Maluku Utara, universities, and civil society organizations that consistently conduct joint monitoring, even in remote schools. This collaboration has become the foundation of the program’s impact. To ensure the sustainability and expansion of these good practices, we hope for strategic support from the Government of Provinsi Maluku Utara through integrated policies that align KREASI with regional education development priorities,” said Yeni, Program Manager at Stimulant Institute.
Through this meeting, KREASI hopes to further strengthen collaboration with the Government of Provinsi Maluku Utara to expand policy support and reinforce the sustainability of the program in the region. This will help ensure that the interventions implemented in Kabupaten Pulau Morotai do not remain as a standalone project, but become part of a broader, systematic effort to improve education quality across Provinsi Maluku Utara.
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The KREASI Program or Kolaborasi untuk Edukasi Anak Indonesia (Collaboration for the Education of Indonesian Children) is funded by the Global Partnership for Education, developed by the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education, and the Ministry of Religious Affairs. KREASI in Pulau Morotai is being implemented by Save the Children and local implementing partner Stimulant Institute, support by the Government of Pulau Morotai with aims to improve the quality of education in Indonesia by strengthening teaching, learning, and student development.
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Writer: Ayutama Putri Jordy | Editor: Andika Ramadhan | Photo: Ayutama Putri Jordy/KREASI/Stimulant Institute/Save the Children