Project Details


AI Repository Project

WSIS Prizes Contest 2026 Winner

Rumah Pendidikan


Indonesia's Unified Digital Education Platform

Description

Imagine you are a teacher on one of Indonesia's 17,000 islands or 39 provinces, feeling passionate and dedicated but cut off from the tools and training that educators in the capital take for granted. Or a student in a rural school, where the quality of your education is determined not by your potential, but by your postcode. This is the reality for millions across the world's fourth-largest education system, spanning 50 million students, 4 million teachers, and 400,000 schools across 38 provinces.
The challenge is immense. But so is the response.

Rumah Pendidikan is Indonesia's answer: a unified national superapp consolidating 54 education services across the ministry and 12 private institutions into one integrated platform. Powered by AI-driven tools (including a RAG-based teaching assistant, semantic search, and learning analytics), it transforms how education is accessed, delivered, and governed nationwide. Not just for the privileged few, but for everyone.

The numbers tell the story. Since its launch in January 2025, Rumah Pendidikan has attracted 4.9 million users, recorded 50 million visits, and generated 19.5 million service interactions reaching all 515 districts and cities across Indonesia. 85% of users find the platform reliable. 86% report reduced education-related expenses. Over 190,000 rural teachers now access professional development digitally, eliminating barriers of distance and cost.

Recognised with a Silver Award at ICXA 2025 in London, Rumah Pendidikan is proof that inclusive, AI-powered public infrastructure can transform education at national scale and that no child should ever be left behind because of where they were born.

Project website

https://rumah.pendidikan.go.id


Action lines related to this project
  • AL C1. The role of governments and all stakeholders in the promotion of ICTs for development
  • AL C3. Access to information and knowledge
  • AL C4. Capacity building
  • AL C7. E-government 2026
  • AL C7. E-learning
Sustainable development goals related to this project
  • Goal 4: Quality education
  • Goal 10: Reduced inequalities

Global digital compact (GDC) objectives related to this project
  • Objective 1

Coverage
  • Indonesia

Status

Ongoing

Start date

January 2025

End date

December 2026


Target beneficiary group(s)
  • Youth
  • Remote and rural communities
  • Teachers, students, schools, government institutions, and other education actors.

Replicability

Rumah Pendidikan is built on a modular, scalable architecture that is inherently replicable across government sectors. At its core, Rumah Pendidikan demonstrates a proven model for consolidating fragmented public services into a unified digital ecosystem, a challenge that is not unique to education, but common across virtually every area of government service delivery.

The platform's foundational components such as a single sign-on identity layer, interoperable data exchange infrastructure, multi-stakeholder service integration, and an AI-powered user interface are sector-agnostic by design. What Rumah Pendidikan has built for education can be adapted for healthcare, social welfare, public administration, or any government domain where fragmented services, unequal access, and high administrative burden remain systemic challenges.

Beyond Indonesia, the model holds strong relevance for other large, geographically fragmented nations navigating large-scale digital transformation with diverse, multilingual populations and uneven connectivity.


Sustainability

Rumah Pendidikan is designed as a sustainable national digital platform that continuously evolves to support the education ecosystem in Indonesia. As a one-stop gateway, the platform integrates and aggregates various digital education services developed across the Ministry of Education and its affiliated units.

The sustainability of Rumah Pendidikan is ensured through ongoing platform development, cross-unit service integration, and continuous improvement based on user needs and feedback. By serving diverse stakeholders—including students, teachers, school leaders, parents, and education administrators—the platform remains relevant as the primary access point for digital education services.


WSIS values promotion

Rumah Pendidikan advances WSIS values across four dimensions: inclusivity and access, innovation, trust and transparency, and multi-stakeholder cooperation. Inclusivity and Access: Rumah Pendidikan is available free of charge across web, Android, and iOS, ensuring that students, teachers, and school leaders across all 38 provinces in Indonesia can access quality education services regardless of location, income, or device. Over 190,000 rural teachers now access professional development digitally, directly closing the gap between urban and remote education communities. Innovation in Education Governance: Rumah Pendidikan introduces AI-driven tools (including a RAG-based teaching assistant, semantic search, and learning analytics) to make education services more responsive, personalized, and efficient. By consolidating 54 services into a single platform, it pioneers a new model of integrated digital public service delivery for the education sector. Trust, Transparency, and Ethical AI: Rumah Pendidikan implements responsible AI governance through algorithmic guardrails, bias monitoring, and data privacy protections. Analytics are designed to support teacher development not enable surveillance. All AI systems are grounded in approved content, with explainable recommendations that users can question or override. Multi-Stakeholder Cooperation: By bringing together government ministries, private institutions, teachers, students, parents, and communities under one platform, Rumah Pendidikan operationalizes WSIS's vision of shared responsibility making education a collective endeavour, not a top-down directive.


Entity name

Center for Data and Information Technology for Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education (Pusdatin)

Entity country—type

Indonesia Government

Entity website

https://pusdatin.kemendikdasmen.go.id

Partners

Collaboration of government ministries, private institutions, teachers, students, parents, and communities.