There were 3.36 Million Teachers and Education Personnel at the Beginning of 2022
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The Ministry of Education and Culture (Kemendikbud) recorded 3,357,935 teachers and education personnel (GTK) in Indonesia at the beginning of 2022. Of this number, teachers constituted the largest group, totaling 2,906,239.
Administrative staff followed, numbering 348,776. Librarians totaled 36,568, laboratory technicians 4,582, and school supervisors 1,249.
Kemendikbud data also reports that the majority of school teachers are millennials aged 30-39 years, totaling 851,316 individuals. This represents 29.29% of the 2,906,239 teachers in Indonesia.
However, the next largest group consists of teachers nearing retirement. A total of 793,780 teachers are aged 50-59 years, or 27.31% of the total number of teachers in Indonesia.
Meanwhile, based on teaching eligibility, the majority of eligible teachers in the 2020/2021 academic year were elementary school (SD) teachers. Their number reached 1.56 million, or 53.91% of the total nationally eligible teachers.
(Read More: Kemendikbud Projects 316,500 Teacher Retirements in 2022-2026)
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