Qualified Teachers in Indonesia Increased in the 2024/2025 Academic Year

Based on Indonesian Minister of National Education Regulation No. 16 of 2007, a teacher is considered qualified if they possess an academic background of S1/D4 (Bachelor's degree/Diploma IV) relevant to the subjects they teach.

According to data from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS), the percentage of qualified teachers in the 2024/2025 academic year (AY) at every educational level has exceeded 95%.

"Compared to the 2023/2024 academic year, every educational level also saw an increase in qualified teachers," wrote BPS in its report Education Statistics 2025.

In AY 2024/2025, the proportion of qualified teachers at the elementary school in Indonesia reached 97.46%.

Furthermore, the proportion of qualified teachers at the junior high school level was 98.32%, senior high school 98.88%, and vocational high school 97.21%, with an increase as shown in the graph.

In AY 2024/2025, there were 3.06 million teachers across Indonesia, with the following breakdown:

• Elementary School: 1.64 million teachers
• Junior High School: 721.9 thousand teachers
• Senior High School: 360.0 thousand teachers
• Vocational High School: 337.3 thousand teachers