Senior High School

What is Senior High School ?

Senior High School is secondary education at
formal education in Indonesia after graduating
secondary school (or equivalent) . High school
taken within 3 years , starting from grade 10 to
grade 12 .
Level/Grade Age

10th grade 15-16

11th grade 16-17

12th grade 17-18

 History
In the reign of the Dutch East Indies , for the Dutch , European
or indigenous elites who have completed primary education in
ELS or HIS , can only continue secondary education generally
in Hoogere burgerschool ( the new spelling became Hogere
Burgerschool ) which is abbreviated HBS with a study period
of five years. After graduating from HBS , they can continue
their education to university in the Netherlands . In other
words HBS at the time the merger is similar to middle and
high school are now in one package. The middle school only
for the Dutch , European or indigenous elite . Until 1916 there
were four government-owned HBS is in Jakarta ( 1867) ,
Surabaya ( 1875) , Semarang ( 1 November 1877 ) , and
Bandung ( 1916)
In the academic year 1994/1995 to 2003/2004
SMA turned into SMU.
In the 2004/2005, SMU again changed to SMA
 Culture
Public senior high school in Indonesia
generally use gray and white uniforms for the
regular day, a brown uniform for scout, and
some school use white-white uniform for flag
ceremony in Monday
Flag ceremony takes place every Monday
morning before the lesson begin.
 Specialization groups
Language and
No Natural Sciences Social Sciences Total Hour
Literature
Indonesian
1 Mathematics History 4
language

2 Physics Geography English language 4

Traditional/Local
3 Biology Economics 4
language

4 Chemistry Sociology Foreign language 4