1. Becoming the Second Largest Island in the World Papua is often considered a small territory in Indonesia. In fact, Papua has a wide and

Papua, formerly known as Irian Jaya, is the second largest island in the world. The territory is split in half between Indonesia and Papua New

Papua is still facing the problem of low availability of basic education teachers and teacher absence in remote areas. This has also had an impact

Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) emphasized that the development carried out by the government is currently Indonesia-centric and Papua is one of the development priorities.

Name and Historical Background When the Dutch government was in power in the Papua region until the early 1960s, the name used to name the

Papua is a province in Indonesia which is located on the western island of New Guinea.   Papua is also often referred to as West Papua