He has served as Minister of National Education Republic of Indonesia. His name is also immortalized in the name of a Guard ship missile destroyer. This ship is also a member of warships for the Navy trained and named KRI Ki Hajar Dewantara.
A figure of the nation who became a mascot of education in Indonesia, with a highly renowned teaching the tut wuri handayani from behind a teacher should be able to give encouragement and direction, Mangun ing initiative in the middle or between pupils, teachers must create initiatives and ideas, and at ngarsa tulada sung in front, an educator must lead by example or examples of good actions. A sequence of sentences that have the spirit of morality and education kemajuan.Namun how Indonesia now?