Articles from Indonesia
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 7 May 2014 Indonesia: Union maintains pressure for quality education
The Persatuan Guru Republik Indonesia (PGRI), one of EI’s national affiliates, has sent a letter to the Minister of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia, acknowledging progress made in ensuring quality education and good training for teachers, and requesting it to continue efforts in the same direction.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 10 December 2013 EI: Education is not a tradable commodity
EI has joined the international trade union movement in criticizing a new agreement on global trade rules that is unbalanced and threatens to put new pressures on public services like health care and education.
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Standards and working conditions 4 July 2013 Indonesia: trade unionists demand decent wages and better promotion prospects
The 21st Congress of the Teachers’ Association of the Republic of Indonesia (PGRI), EI’s largest national affiliate, has called on the government to invest in teachers and education, and improve teacher's living conditions by giving them decent salaries.
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Standards and working conditions 9 November 2012 Reforming teacher education in Indonesia:Reforming teacher education in Indonesia:
Mireille de Koning
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Standards and working conditions 20 June 2012 Indonesia: Conditional union support for teachers’ assessment
The Teachers’ Association of the Republic of Indonesia (PGRI), one of EI’s national affiliates, has agreed to a government proposal for the assessment of teachers under certain conditions. The trade union stressed that teachers’ salaries should not, in any way, be linked to the assessment outcomes.
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Union renewal and development 18 March 2010 A wave of solidarity: Rebuilding education in Aceh
Five years after the cataclysmic tsunami of December 2004, Education International is proud to release a video documentary on its most ambitious development cooperation project ever – to build and equip 35 schools in the devastated region of Aceh, Indonesia.
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Union renewal and development 1 September 2009 Teachers and children survive tsunami trauma with help from EI
Irianti Syabaruddin, a teacher and mother of three, was at the supermarket on that fateful Sunday morning when the earthquake hit. The floor lurched under her feet and groceries began crashing down off the shelves. Then all she could think of was getting home to her family as quickly as...
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Union renewal and development 1 September 2009 EI helps rebuild education after tsunami’s devastation
Banda Aceh, Indonesia – Girls in exquisite golden headdresses and traditional costumes of green and black brocade tossed pink flower blossoms as they danced to welcome visitors to the closing ceremony of Education International’s post-tsunami project in Aceh, the region of northern Sumatra most devastated by the cataclysmic tsunami of...
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Union renewal and development 3 August 2009 EI helps rebuild education after tsunami’s devastation
Girls in exquisite golden headdresses and traditional costumes of green and black brocade tossed pink flower blossoms as they danced to welcome visitors to the closing ceremony of Education International’s post-tsunami project in Aceh, the region of northern Sumatra most devastated by the cataclysmic tsunami of 26 December 2004.
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Equity and inclusion 11 March 2009 Indonesia: teacher union joins the ILO to combat child labour
In a bid to decrease school drop-out rates, the International Labour Organisation and the Indonesian teachers' union, the Persatuan Guru Republik Indonesia (PGRI), are organising a joint programme aimed at combating child labour.
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Standards and working conditions 10 September 2008 Indonesia: Teachers' pay increased by 15%
Teachers in Indonesia are celebrating the success of their long legal and political struggle to compel their government to live up to the Constitutional requirement to dedicate 20 percent of the national budget to education. The PGRI, EI’s affiliate, took the case for increasing education funding to the Constitutional Court...
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Union renewal and development 7 August 2008 "Terima kasih!" say the children of Kampong Bawah Awe [Photo story]
Please click on the pictures to start the slideshow.
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Standards and working conditions 8 July 2008 Address by Fred van Leeuwen, EI General Secretary, at the 20th National Congress of the Persatuan Guru Republik Indonesia (PGRI), June 30 – July 4 2008, Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia
"Improving the Quality of Education through Professional, Prosperous, and Protected Teachers"
Address by Fred van Leeuwen, EI General Secretary, at the 20th National Congress of the Persatuan Guru Republik Indonesia (PGRI), June 30 – July 4 2008, Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia -
Standards and working conditions 8 July 2008 Indonesia: Government promises annual increase in education budget and teacher salary at PGRI's national congress
The government of Indonesia will annually increase the education budget as well as the salaries of teachers. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono made that promise to the more than 5000 delegates and observers attending the opening session of the 20th Congress of the Indonesian teachers' union PGRI held in Palembang on...
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Union renewal and development 20 March 2008 The Success Story of the EI-PGRI Consortium Project
In 1945, the Persatuan Guru Republik Indonesia (PGRI - "Teachers' Association of the Republic of Indonesia") was established as a teachers' trade union.
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Union renewal and development 21 February 2008 Leadership course organised for principals in new schools in Aceh
As part of the post-tsunami reconstruction and rehabilitation work undertaken by EI in cooperation with NOVIB (OXFAM Netherlands), a leadership course for principals was held in late 2007 in Aceh, Indonesia.
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Standards and working conditions 6 August 2007 Indonesia: Thousands of teachers stage rally to demand welfare improvement
Up to 17,000 teachers staged a rally in Indonesia on 2nd August, demanding an improvement to their welfare.
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Union renewal and development 4 July 2007 Rebuilding Aceh Through Education For All
On 30 June, EI fulfilled its promise to the people of Aceh, Indonesia, that it would assist in the rebuilding of the public education system for thousands of children whose schools were destroyed by the devastating tsunami of December 2004.
Rebuilding Aceh Through Education For All