Education is the main capital in the progress of the life of the nation and state. Although Germany was in a period of devastation due to World War II, the German education system was more advanced than the Indonesian education system. This comparative study needs to be done to motivate policy makers and policy implementers to develop a better Indonesian education system. This study was conducted to describe the German and Indonesian education systems.  The use of the method is carried out by literature study with ten national journal review results based on the German and Indonesian education systems. The results showed that there are differences in education at the level of higher education and financing between Germany and Indonesia. The German government provides a policy to be free in choosing majors at the higher education level because it makes it easier for them to get job opportunities after finishing college, while the Indonesian education system at the higher education level has no freedom of choice because it is bound by policies that regulate the taking of majors based on test scores obtained. Education financing in Germany is free from primary to higher education level. On the contrary, education financing in Indonesia charges fees starting from the elementary level to the higher education level except tuition fees (education financing donations are free for public schools starting from the elementary level to the higher education level.

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