Indonesia Expands Coding and AI Training to More Than 300,000 Educators

Indonesia is expanding professional learning in coding and artificial intelligence to more than 300,000 educators and education staff during 2026.

The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education says the training will reach educators across around 140,000 educational units. It forms part of a broader programme covering deeper learning, coding and AI, delivered through teacher workgroups as well as online platforms.

A junior-high classroom in Indonesia. The country is scaling teacher development in deeper learning, coding and AI across a large national school system. Image: Fitrah 9131 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0.

Professional learning at system scale

The programme is another sign that AI capability is becoming a mainstream teacher-development issue. Indonesia is combining technical skills with subject implementation and encouraging schools to operate as places where teachers test and refine practice together.

For international schools, the scale is a useful reminder that successful AI adoption depends on time for teachers to learn, experiment and compare approaches. Access to a tool is only the beginning.

Read the Indonesian Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education announcement