1,000 Teachers Will Attend International Quality National Congress

The Sampoerna Foundation Teacher Institute (SF TI) in cooperation with the Department of National Education (Departemen Pendidikan Nasional: Depdiknas) and other partners will hold the Indonesian Teachers Congress (Kongress Guru Indonesia: KGI) on November 27-28, 2008. This two-day international quality congress for Indonesian teachers with the theme “Think Global, Act Local”, held in connection with the commemoration of National Teachers Day, will be attended by more than 1,000 teachers from throughout Indonesia. The congress was formally launched to the public by the PMPTK Director General of Depdiknas, Dr. Baedowhi M.Si., and the Director of SF TI, Kenneth Cock, at SF TI in Jakarta, October 21, 2008.