Jakarta, 5th May 2025 – The Directorate General of Vocational Education, Special Education, and Special Services officially handed over the Inclusive Education Tiered Modules to the Directorate General of Teachers and Education Personnel (GTK) in a ceremony marking the transfer of responsibility for inclusive teacher training in Indonesia.
As of mid-March 2025, 398,534 teachers had participated in the basic level training via the Merdeka Mengajar Platform (PMM), while 5,000 teachers had completed the intermediate level training. The advanced level modules have been finalised and are ready for implementation.
The Director General of Vocational Education, Special Education, and Special Services, Tatang Muttaqin, emphasised that this handover does not signify the end of cooperation. “Although implementation is being transferred to GTK, we remain open to collaboration. It is hoped that special education will continue to develop,” said Tatang.
Meanwhile, the Director General of Teachers and Education Personnel, Professor Dr Nunuk Suryani, M.Pd., stressed the importance of human resource readiness in supporting inclusive education. “As well as providing adequate facilities and infrastructure, it is also necessary to prepare specialist education teachers. A crucial step is that the key personnel are the human resources, namely educators and headteachers. Therefore, these existing modules, from basic, intermediate, and advanced, can be followed up with training so that there are new special education teachers who can assist children with special needs,” explained Nunuk. She added, “I want these children to genuinely enjoy learning in mainstream schools.”