Elementary school students are generally aged 7-12 years. In Indonesia, every citizen aged 7-15 years of compulsory primary education followed, namely primary school (or equivalent) 6 years and junior high school (or equivalent) 3 years.
Primary schools run by government or private. Since implementation of regional autonomy in 2001, the management of public primary schools (SDN) in Indonesia that were previously under the Ministry of National Education, is now the responsibility of local government districts. While the Ministry of National Education is only a role as regulator in the field of national education standards. Structurally, the public primary schools is a technical implementation unit of education service districts.