Google Donates IDR 13.6 Billion For Teacher Welfare In Indonesia

JAKARTA - For the welfare of teachers in Indonesia, Google donated around 1 million US dollars (US) or the equivalent of IDR 13.6 billion to the Smart Movement initiative of the non-profit educational organization Bebras Indonesia. The funds will be used to assist the implementation of computational thinking skills training for 22 thousand teachers in 22 small and large cities in the country.

The Smart Movement is planned to be run for two years by utilizing online and offline materials. Not only teachers, the program also helped two million students learn how to think critically.

"Building the capacity of educators is one of the priorities of Google.org, our philanthropic organization, which is helping non-profit organizations such as Bebras Indonesia make long-term systemic changes to address the shortage of digital skilled workers," said Google Indonesia Managing Director Randy Jusuf, at the National Library. , Central Jakarta, Tuesday 18 February.

According to a new study from AlphaBeta, if the government, business community and society are able to work together to improve the quality of education and digital skills, by 2030 it could contribute IDR 4,411 trillion (US $ 312 billion), or 16 percent of Indonesia's GDP projections. As a reference, currently digital skills contribute IDR 908 trillion to the Indonesian economy, which is 6 percent of GDP.

"As well as helping efforts to overcome Indonesia's shortcomings in basic subjects such as mathematics, we are pleased to be able to assist non-profit organizations such as Bebras, which are committed to equipping teachers and students with expertise in critical analysis and problem solving, namely computational thinking skills that will be enabling them to adapt to economic and technological changes, "continued Randy.

This was also confirmed by the Chairman of Bebras Indonesia, Inggriani Liem, concurrently with this. Liem said that besides emphasizing the importance of having technological skills, the ability to think computationally is also needed by children from an early age in order to become creators of digital products or scientists who are qualified in the field of computing.

For information, this Clever Movement is the starting point for Indonesian children to become superior human resources who will bring Indonesia forward in the digital world.

In addition, Google has also launched its newest program, Grow With Google, where this program is specifically designed to develop expertise and skills in business. Grow With Google also takes several business training platforms.