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RIR-2087 · Logged 13 July 2026
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.
In plain words
In Indonesian primary and junior high schools, children of many faiths learn together, often with too few resources for fair religious education. Can teachers and pupils who understand other religions well make up for some of that unfairness?
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
Academic fields and topic tags
Study frame: 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.
- originality
- Moderate
- methodology
- Accessible
- Data access
- Moderate
- ethics
- Advanced
Quality and audit
88/100 quality
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- Highlights the tension between institutional capacity and social tolerance.
- Requires sensitivity to local religious dynamics.
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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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