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History of Indonesian School of Bangkok

      With the decree from the Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia, Col. M. Isman, a committee was made to plan the establishment of SIB as follows; Head ; Secretary ; Head of Education ; Head of Dormitory; Treasurer; The purpose of this School is to provide education for the children of the Indonesian Embassy’s staff and the Indonesian community from Year 1 until High School. A Head of Dormitory was appointed because it was thought that the school would provide accommodation for the Indonesian children who are from the Indonesian Embassy of Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar and Calcutta.

     The committee completed their duties in a relatively short time. On October 6th 1962 the Indonesian School of Bangkok (SIB) was ratified by the Ambassador with a structure as follows;

Supervisor          : Mrs. Isman
Superintendent : Sutiarno Surokusumo Ekok Djaka
Head Teacher     : Mrs. Rosa Siddik
Teachers             : Mrs. Mardijatmi Mrs. Lestari Mrs. Ratnawati

     Besides that, a course for learning Bahasa Indonesia was made to help those children who are Indonesian descendant and live in Thailand, the teachers are: Hartono.. Ekok… Eran. The school building used is a building that’s called “Wisma Garuda” or The House of Garuda. Meanwhile, the presidential team coincidentally came to Bangkok after their visit to Japan and Australia, and therefore SIB was ratified for the second time by the President and his time the Minister of Education, Prof. Dr. Prijono attended it. Not long after that, the Department of Education sent a new Head Teacher with an official Indonesian status.

     Under the supervision of these Ambassadors; Mr. B.M. Diah, Mr. Ahmad Yusuf, Mr. A.R. Dharsono, Mr. Soetarto Sigit, Mr. Kharis Suhud, Mr.Hasnan Habib, Mr. Soebambang, Mr. Aried Riyadi, Mr. Gatot Suwardi and Mr. Ibrahim Yusuf, SIB has been improved with the addition of new buildings, laboratory, skilled teachers and the quality teaching materials. The head teachers are also changed every once a while, Mr. Sugiharto was replaced by …… The Indonesian community outside the Embassy has also contributed to SIB especially Indonesian businessmen working in Bangkok. This is the short history of SIB.