The History of PGRI's Struggle to Achieve the Educational Goals of the Indonesian Nation

Abstract

As prospective educators or teachers, of course, we need to know the history of the struggle of teachers to achieve the goals of Indonesian National Education. Law no. 14 of 2005 concerning teachers and lecturers in article 1, paragraph 1, that teachers are professional educators with the main task of educating, teaching, guiding, directing, training, assessing, and evaluating students. Teachers are needed as professional educational staff who are indispensable in achieving the goals of the Indonesian nation, namely educating the nation's life and developing the whole person based on the preamble of the 1945 Constitution. The purpose of this research is to find out the history of the struggle of PGRI to achieve the goals of Indonesian education. The method used in this research is historical, through a literature review in the form of books and journals. To achieve the educational goals of the Indonesian nation, teachers have an organization as a gathering place for teachers or academic staff to work together, namely PGRI. PGRI was formed from an indigenous teacher struggle organization during the Dutch era, founded in 1912, called the Dutch East Indies Teachers Association (PGHB). One hundred days after the reading of the proclamation of Indonesia, namely on 24-25 November 1945 in Surakarta, an Indonesian Teachers' Congress was held, which became the forerunner of the Indonesian Teachers' Association (PGRI). PGRI always seeks to obtain, maintain, strengthen, and defend the rights of individuals, community members, citizens, and educators. The formation of PGRI is the result of the hard work of Indonesian teachers.