The Number of Qualified Teachers in Indonesia Increased by 9.60% in the 2020/2021 Academic Year

A report from the Indonesian Central Statistics Agency (BPS) shows that there were 2.91 million qualified teachers in Indonesia during the 2020/2021 academic year. Qualified teachers are those who meet the academic qualification requirements (teachers with a D4/S1 degree or higher).

This number increased by 9.60% compared to the previous academic year (year-on-year or yoy). In the 2019/2020 academic year, there were 2.65 million qualified teachers in Indonesia.

The majority of qualified teachers in the 2020/2021 academic year were elementary school (SD) teachers. Their number reached 1.56 million, or 53.91% of the total number of qualified teachers nationally.

Meanwhile, there were 689,313 qualified junior high school (SMP) teachers, 330,339 qualified senior high school (SMA) teachers, and 321,964 qualified vocational high school (SMK) teachers.

By region, West Java had the highest number of qualified teachers. Specifically, there were 215,121 qualified elementary school teachers, 93,141 qualified junior high school teachers, 37,833 qualified senior high school teachers, and 56,592 qualified vocational high school teachers.

The trend shows that the number of qualified teachers in Indonesia has been increasing since the 2017/2018 academic year. In fact, this year's number is the highest in the last four years.