Astra Education Festival: Transforming Education to Achieve the SDGs

Astra Education Festival: Transforming Education to Achieve the SDGs

Jakarta: Education is one of the pillars in the global development that promotes welfare for all by 2030 through the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

To realize it, collaborations between the government and various parties, on top of the role of teachers and students in advancing education in Indonesia, are necessary.

In commemoration of the National Education Day, Astra held the virtual 2021Astra Education Festival today (4/5) with the theme Transforming Education to Achieve Sustainable Development Goals. The festival was held in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia and the Ministry of National Development Planning/National Development Planning Agency of the Republic of Indonesia.

Also present in the virtual event were the Minister of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology Nadiem Anwar Makarim, National Development Planning Minister Suharso Monoarfa, and Astra’s Director Gita Tiffani Boer.

“We seek to transform the education system through the freedom of learning spirit to make Indonesian education more adaptive. We also make character development the focus of educational transformation. We appreciate Astra for organizing the 2021 Astra Education Festival as a space to find new ideas in building collaboration and synergy between vocational education and industry,” said Minister Nadiem in his speech.

“We need an appropriate strategy and actions with corporations to advance education in Indonesia. I am grateful to all those participating in the 2021 Astra Education Festival, which coincided with the National Education Day,” said Minister Suharso in his opening address.

“Since 2015, Astra has included the SDGs, particularly the fourth goal—ensuring inclusive and equitable quality education and promoting lifelong learning opportunities for all, in the formulation of its CSR programs in the education sector,” said Astra’s Director Gita Tiffani Boer.

This year’s Education Festival consisted of several activities, such as the 8th Teacher Innovation Competition (Linkar), Holistic Integrative Pre-School Teacher Capacity Building attended by more than 2,000 pre-school teachers, Excellent Vocational High School Teacher Development, Lestari Leadership Program, Discussion on National Assessment, and Talkshow on the Inspiration of Kartini in National Development.

Memorandum of Understanding to Support SDGs
The festival included a signing of a memorandum of understanding between Astra and the Ministry of National Development Planning to support the achievement of SDGs targets.

The festival was concluded with the Award Ceremony of the 8th Astra Teacher Innovation Competition and an Inspirational Talk themed Transforming Education. Several experts were invited to join the panel, uch as education practitioner Najelaa Shihab, AyoBlajar CMO and Harvard Alumna Nadhira Afifa, Chairman of Astra Education Foundation-Michael D. Ruslim Herawati Prasetyo, Director of Astra Manufacturing Polytechnic Tony Harley Silalahi, and recipient of the 2020 SATU Indonesia Awards from the education category Eklin Amtor De Fretes.

Astra’s efforts for education in Indonesia are in line with Astra’s mission to prosper with the nation and the fourth goal of the SDGs’ social pillar, Quality Education.

For further information, please contact:

Boy Kelana Soebroto
Head of Corporate Communications
PT Astra International Tbk
Ph.021-508-43-888

About Astra

PT Astra International Tbk was established in 1957 in Jakarta as a general trading company under the name Astra International Inc. In 1990, for the purpose of the company’s initial public offering (IPO), the name of the company changed to PT Astra International Tbk, followed by listing its shares on the Indonesia Stock Exchange under the ticker code ASII.

Astra has developed its business by implementing a business model based on synergies and diversification within seven business divisions: 1) Automotive, 2) Financial Services, 3) Heavy Equipment, Mining, Construction & Energy, 4) Agribusiness, 5) Infrastructure and Logistics, 6) Information Technology and 7) Property.

Astra Group conducts business operations in all parts of Indonesia under the management of more than 238 companies, including subsidiaries, joint ventures and associates, and was supported by more than 188,000 employees, as of March 2021.

As one of the largest national business groups in Indonesia today, Astra has built a strong reputation through offering a range of quality products and services, taking into account the implementation of good corporate and environmental governance. Astra always aspires to be the pride of the nation that participates in efforts to improve the welfare of the Indonesian people.

Astra's business activities strive to apply a balanced mix in the commercial aspects of business and non-business contributions through 9 foundations and a variety of sustainable social responsibility programmes, namely Astra Untuk Indonesia Sehat, Astra Untuk Indonesia Cerdas, Astra Untuk Indonesia Hijau and Astra Untuk Indonesia Kreatif.

Astra initiated the Semangat Astra Terpadu Untuk (SATU) Indonesia Awards programme, which has entered its eleventh year, and has given recognition awards to 397 young Indonesians, consisting of 70 national level recipients and 327 provincial level recipients in the fields of Health, Education, the Environment, Entrepreneurship and Technology, which are integrated with Astra’s wide range of community activities through 116 Kampung Berseri Astra and 755 Desa Sejahtera Astra initiatives in 34 provinces throughout Indonesia.

For further information, please visit www.astra.co.id & www.satu-indonesia.com, and follow Astra through Instagram (@satu_Indonesia), Youtube (SATU Indonesia), Facebook (Semangat Astra Terpadu) and Twitter (@satu_Indonesia).