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This article analyzes the contribute factors to the marginalization of the primary education in Bajau fisherman community in Konawe Regency, South East Sulawesi. It will be shown that there are some external and internal factors which contribute to the marginalization of the primary education. The external factors include: (1) educational polices physically related to the distribution of school development, recruitment and placement patterns, empowering educators, and policy area;(2) the physical environment; and (3) the means of transportation. The internal factors are originated from the community conditions, namely: (1) issues of public culture;(2) economic conditions and the limited ability of public funding; and (3) the expansion and limited social mobility.