Colonial education was always synonymous with ethical politics. A policy of repaying the colony’s land, rather than previously exploiting it. This resulted in historiography discussing colonial education always focused on the government. That education cannot be born without government intervention – the Dutch East Indies. This was stated by Kirsten Kamphius in a seminar entitled ‘Our Girls’: Taman Siswa as an example Gendered education in the Netherland Indies 1922-1942, on Wednesday (19/7) in the Multimedia Room of the Margono Building, FIB UGM.