Jakarta, Oct. 27 -- Indonesia's National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) has deepened its commitment to education research through a strategic partnership with the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization Regional Center for Early Childhood Care Education and Parenting.

In a statement issued Monday, Head of BRIN's Education Research Center, Trina Fizzanty, described the collaboration as a crucial step toward advancing research in early childhood education-particularly in developing an equitable and inclusive budgeting model.

"The Education Research Center at BRIN comprises around 70 researchers organized into eight clusters, including early childhood education and family research," she said.

Fizzanty expressed hope tha...