Think twice about enrolling your children into NIS Jakarta. The management is autocratic, a real PTA does still not exist, 6 qualified teachers and 3 support staff have left the school in the last 6 months, most not of their free will and some with nothing else to go to. 01.03.2013

Yet again problems at this school still persist well into 2013. All previous heads have left and or been sacked. New heads for primary and whole school. No head the secondary campus as of yet. A teacher with only limited teaching experience and no senior leadership training or experience is in temporary charge of the secondary campus. The staff remain disjointed and inexperienced in the UK, IGCSE curriculums and assessments the secondary school delivers. The infrastructure remains unsafe and not fit for purpose. Ask to see the poorly constructed science lab with tables only fit for extremely small people to use safely. On te plus side small class sizes and great students. This sort of behavior is still continuing in 2012. Teachers are terrified of questioning decisions as this may result in being fired. A great question for any person thinking of going there is how many teachers have been fired in the last 5 years. Be very careful of the Principals husband, he is not a qualified teachers but has a lot of power in the school.

I think the people who are offended by this report, regarding Indonesian women, who develope relationships with married men, are missing the point. The point is that the men are married. The author does not claim that all Indonesian/expat relationships are based on money, nor does she say that all Indonesian women are immoral and desire a foreign sugar daddy. She is specifically addressing a situation, which undeniably exists, where women have pursued married men in the hope that they will benefit financially. That these scenerios exist in Jakarta is a fact. i have witnessed many women flirt with my (married) father, and even proporsition him, right in front of my face. However,In a country with high levels of poverty, this is somewhat understandable, and I don't feel any enmity towards the women at all. I also feel that if a married man falls into such a relationship he is equally to blame, if not more, than the woman, as he is taking advantage of his position, of financial security, over a woman who may be acting out of desperation. Again, this only refers to the relationships born out of cheating, and is in no way a commentary on all Indonesian/expat relationships. I know of many that are based on real love and companionship. To the lady who attacked the author as being 'low and shallow' as well an arrogant European woman, your statements reflect just as much racial prejudice and ignorance as that which you claim to be offended by. What a thoroughly refreshing, honest and pleasant report!! You do understand what expat life is about! Do keep telling other people your truths! rgds, GJ de Beer (Indonesia 1974-75) France