In the effort increasing quality of human resources, education is one of primal pillar. The thing seen in calculating Indeks Pembangunan Manusia (Human Developing Index/IPM), what applies education performance in the form of harsh participation number aliance variable (APK) elementary education ladder up to higher education and health variable and economic as has been mentioned.

Improvement of quality of education in Kota Banjarbaru is done by improvement of quality of instructorsteachers, repair of supporting facilities for education infrastructure, improvement of management of education and giving of help to student and participation of parents and public.

Improvement of quality of instructor/teacher and supporting facilities for infrastructure is done in having ladder, through education of child of age early (PAUD), be obliged to learn nine years, and middle education. Quality Of PAUD known from the increasing of chlid going to school in TK and TPA, the increasing of amounts TK and TPA, lowering of teacher TK which equivalent D-II has not and the increasing of supporting facilities for playing at and group of playing at education. In the year 2005 chlid amounts going to school TK 4055 with number of TK 54, chlid going to school in TPA 500 with number of TPAs counted 3. Number of supporting facilities for playing at counted 9 type and group of playing at education counted 6. As for teacher TK which equivalent D-II has not 219.

Applying The Obliged To Learn Nine Years in Banjarbaru is marked at the height of Angka Partisipasi Kasar (APK), Pure Participation Number (APM), lowering of lacking of class room, lowering of lacking of supporter space, the increasing of space KKG/PKG, lowering of light breakdown space, lowering of teacher which equivalent has not, the increasing of pass percentage, and the increasing of highest UNAS (final examination) value and lowering of equivalent school break number SD and SMP and/or equivalent.

In the year 2005 APK SD/MI equal to 107,12% and SMP/MTs equal to 91,69%. While APM SD/MI equal to 94,89% and SMP/MTs equal to 76,39%. Number of lacking of class rooms SD/MI 66 units and SMP/MTs 10 units. Insuffiency of library space of SD 62 units and SMP counted 2 units. Lacking of headmaster space and SD teacher 23 units and SMP counted 9 units.

As for lacking of space UKS for SD 38 units and SMP 13 units. the existing KKG/PKG Space 16 units, light breakdown space for SD/MI 186 units and SMP/MTs 35 units. Teacher which has not equivalent D-II PGSD 219, equivalent SI PGSD 820, THE PGSMP 98. Percentage of pass of SMP/MTs in the year 2005 equal to 79,58% with reachable highest UNAS value of SMP 8,21 and MTs 7,13. School break number SD in the year 2005 1000 school break number and SMP 1520. Expected school break number to decline every year through activity of Paket A and Paket B and some policy packages launched by government like fund BOS and other help.

Improvement of quality of middle education is marked at the height of APK and APM for SMA/MA/SMK, lowering of lacking of supporter space, lowering of light breakdown space, the increasing of percentage of pass and the increasing of highest UNAS value.

In the year 2005 APK for SMA/MA/SMK equal to 71,79% and APM for SMA/MA/SMK equal to 60,63%. Insuffiency of library space for SMA counted 6 units and SMK counted 5 units of while lacking of headmaster space and learns for SMA counted 5 units and SMK 6 units. As for lacking of space UKS for SMA counted 6 unit and SMK counted 6 units. Light breakdown space for SMA/MA 22 units and SMK 11 units.

Percentage of pass of UNAS in the year 2005 for SMA equal to 61,53%, MA equal to 21,10%, and SMK equal to 75,37%. As for reachable highest UNAS value of SMA is 9,2 and MA 8,02 and SMK 9,01.

Beside PAUD and 9 Years Learn Obligation Program, government of Banjarbaru City also handles non-formal education, young man and sports. The increasing of quality of informal education from lowering of illiterate number and lowering of equivalent school break number SMA equiv.

In the year 2005 illiteracy numbers was 850. Expected in the year 2008 no more of illiterate public. As for equivalent school break number SMA equiv. is 1880 and with activity of C Package Program is 280, hence school break number every year amounts to 1660. The school break number is upper able to stay under target to in the event of improvement of service of middle education.