Education Development in Utilizing Indonesian Demographic Dividend: The Road to Become a Developed Country

Abstract

Indonesia is experiencing a demographic dividend when the productive age is greater among its people. This phenomenon is often used to make a leap towards developed countries by several countries. This will be successful if it is used to encourage the performance of the human and economic resources of the nation. Education is at the forefront of achieving this desire because it is related to humans who are the main agents of change. This study aims to describe the Indonesian education development to take advantage of its productive age numbers to become a developed country based on the results of related research, expert opinions and experiences of other countries. The library research method is used in this research. The data are compiled, analyzed, and concluded so as to describe the development of education in accordance with the current development of Indonesian education and the desire to get out of the middle-income trap to a developed country in order to utilize the demographic dividend. The results of the study propose several educational developments that can be done, namely reducing disparities in the quality of Indonesian education, becoming an inventor of science and technology, quality education with PISA standards, developing innovation skills, revitalizing vocational education, and entrepreneurship education for young people. This is why education development will have a positive impact on the utilization of the demographic dividend.