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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 11 March 2025
Education unions from Southeast Asia strategise next steps of the Go Public! Fund Education campaign

Education International (EI) member organisations from Indonesia, Cambodia, Singapore, Malaysia, and the Philippines came together in Bangkok on March 7 to discuss and plan the next stage of the Go Public! Fund Education campaign in their countries and the region.
Education unions from Southeast Asia strategise next steps of the Go Public! Fund Education campaign
Go public! Fund education 8 May 2024
Going public to fully fund public education in Indonesia

In Indonesia, Education International’s affiliate, Persatuan Guru Republik Indonesia (PGRI), is at the forefront of the Go Public! Fund Education campaign. PGRI is specifically calling on the Indonesian government to commit to allocating at least 20 per cent of national, provincial, and district budgets directly to public education. This funding...
Going public to fully fund public education in Indonesia
Leading the profession 21 December 2023
Indonesia: Education unionists Go Public! to address teacher shortage

The Persekutuan Guru Republic Indonesia (PGRI) and the Education International Asia Pacific (EIAP) regional office jointly organised an event in the framework of the EI’s Go Public! Fund Education campaign, addressing the pressing issue of teacher shortage in Indonesia.
Indonesia: Education unionists Go Public! to address teacher shortage
Standards and working conditions 20 September 2022
Indonesia: Teachers and lecturers’ professionalism must be reflected and recognised in the law

The Teachers' Association of the Republic of Indonesia (PGRI, from the Indonesian acronym) has urged public authorities to restore the reference to the teacher professional allowance to the draft law on the national education system.
Indonesia: Teachers and lecturers’ professionalism must be reflected and recognised in the law
Standards and working conditions 3 December 2020
Indonesia: Education union celebrate 75th anniversary and educators’ unwavering commitment in the face of tough challenges

Indonesian teachers were praised for providing quality education during the COVID-19 crisis at the celebration of the 75th anniversary of the Persatuan Guru Republik Indonesia (PGRI) and of the 2020 National Teacher’s Day.
Indonesia: Education union celebrate 75th anniversary and educators’ unwavering commitment in the face of tough challenges
Trade union rights are human rights 7 May 2020
Indonesia: Education unionists take swift action on COVID-19 pandemic

Since the national outbreak of COVID-19 and the closure of educational sites in Indonesia, members of the teachers’ union, Persatuan Guru Republik Indonesia (PGRI), have mobilised at national and local levels. The union aims to ensure the continuity of education, the safety of educators, students and communities, and to reaffirm...
Indonesia: Education unionists take swift action on COVID-19 pandemic