Deputy Minister for Higher Education, Science, and Technology urges teacher training institutions to strengthen innovation for talent development
Jakarta (ANTARA) - Deputy Minister for Higher Education, Science, and Technology (Wamendiktisaintek), Fauzan, emphasised the need for innovation among providers of Teacher Training Institutions (LPTK) to continuously develop high-quality talent for the Indonesian nation.
“When times are developing rapidly and the context of global dynamics is changing, we must change as well. Higher education management must continue to innovate. For universities to be competitive and survive, we must understand what society needs,” he said in a statement in Jakarta on Thursday.
The Deputy Minister highlighted the importance of higher education design that can meet the expectations of students and parents, including certainty of study duration, employment opportunities, and relevance of competencies.
“Have we designed a curriculum that can provide certainty for students and their parents? We must ensure there are new designs in the governance of higher education in the education sector to address the mismatch between demand and supply in the teaching profession,” said Deputy Minister Fauzan.
Fauzan stressed that LPTK must play an important role as strategic institutions in preparing superior human resources (HR) that are adaptive, relevant, and highly competitive.
In response, the General Chairman of the Indonesian Private Teacher Training Institutions Association (ALPTKSI), Sofyan Anif, stated that LPTK have a strategic role in maintaining the quality of national education, making the strengthening of quality and policy direction crucial.
According to him, LPTK not only produce teachers but also serve as guardians of teacher quality in Indonesia.
“LPTK are a major asset for the nation. To realise Golden Indonesia 2045, we need teachers who are strong in knowledge, but more importantly, can teach good character to future generations,” said Sofyan Anif.
The Higher Education Database (PDDikti) records that to date, the education field remains the most popular field of study compared to other clusters, with a total of 2.25 million education students. In line with this, the number of lecturers teaching in the education field is 55,442, the second highest after the engineering field.
Meanwhile, the number of teachers under the Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education (Kemdikdasmen) in 2026 will be 3,306,345, with 61,937 teachers set to retire.
Meanwhile, the number of education graduates under Kemdiktisaintek in 2025 will be 186,895. This indicates a surplus of human resources in the context of teachers in Indonesia.