update ls theme -Indonesia’1s Prabowo announces record US$5.21b education budget, 100% salary hike for public school teachers

JAKARTA: Indonesia’s new president Prabowo Subianto will allocate a record 82.6 trillion rupiah (US$5.21 billion) from the state budget to the education sector next year, with a 100 per cent salary increase for public school teachers. 

The pledge comes on the back of announcements of recent salary hikes for other professions, including farmers and judges, initiated by Mr Prabowo in his first month of leadership. 

JAKARTA: Indonesia’s new president Prabowo Subianto will allocate a record 82.6 trillion rupiah (US$5.21 billion) from the state budget to the education sector next year, with a 100 per cent salary increase for public school teachers. 

The pledge comes on the back of announcements of recent salary hikes for other professions, including farmers and judges, initiated by Mr Prabowo in his first month of leadership. 

“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.