AP- Indonesia’s Prabowo announces record US$5.21b education budget, 100% salary hike for public school teachers
Starting in 2025, private school teachers will also receive a monthly allowance of 2 million rupiah (US$126) in addition to their base salary.
“My Cabinet and I have decided to place education as the top priority in our state budget, so much that the allocation for education in the 2025 budget will be the biggest in the country’s history,” Mr Prabowo said during a National Teachers’ Day celebration in East Jakarta on Thursday (Nov 28), as quoted by the Jakarta Post.
“Despite being in office for only a month, we are pleased to announce improvements in teachers’ welfare,” he said, visibly emotional, noting that teachers played an important role in a good national education system.
Starting in 2025, teachers in Indonesia employed by the state will receive a 100 per cent increase in their basic nominal salaries while privately employed teachers, mostly part-time educators, will receive a monthly allowance of 2 million rupiah in addition to their base salary.
