This paper focuses on the schooling practices, curriculum, and educational opportunities available to children in the fishermen's neighbourhoods of the Indonesian archipelago. The study investigates what schooling practices, curriculum, and educational opportunities are thought important for the education of children in fishermen's neighbourhoods of the Indonesian archipelago. The study utilises archival and policy texts, created teaching and learning materials from the Indonesian Ministry of Education and Culture, and various texts derived from the community-based foundations and non-profit organisations spread out in the Indonesian archipelago related to the education of children in Indonesian fishermen's neighbourhoods. Through an archival investigation of curricula, the study hopes to examine the languages of instrumentality and criticality and how they have shaped the educational practices and experiences in these fishermen's neighbourhood contexts.