Education in Indonesia is divided into three main lines, namely formal, nonformal, and informal. Education is also divided into four levels, namely early childhood, primary, secondary, and high.
a. that the preamble of the 1945 Constitution of the State of the Republic of Indonesia mandates the Government of the State of Indonesia to protect the entire Indonesian nation and the whole of Indonesia's blood sphere and to promote the common prosperity, to educate the life of the nation, and to exercise the world order based on freedom, eternal peace and social justice;
b. that the 1945 Constitution of the State of the Republic of Indonesia mandates the Government to undertake and organize a national education system that promotes faith and piety to God Almighty and noble morals in order to educate the life of the nation regulated by law;
c. that the national education system should be able to ensure equal distribution of educational opportunities, quality improvement and the relevance and efficiency of education management to face challenges in line with the changing demands of local, national, and global life so that it is necessary to reform education in a planned, directed and sustainable manner;
d. that Law Number 2 Year 1989 on National Education System is inadequate and needs to be replaced and needs to be refined to comply with the mandate of amendment to the 1945 Constitution of the State of the Republic of Indonesia;
e. that based on the considerations as meant in letters a, b, c, and d, it is necessary to establish a Law on National Education System.
