Teacher’s Hymn Song: Here we present a trending song that has become a mandatory National Teacher’s Day song, namely the Teacher’s Hymn Song: Lyrics and Figures of the Teacher’s Hymn Song.
The Guru Hymn is suitable to be sung to commemorate National Teacher’s Day. National Teacher’s Day itself falls on November 25, 2022.
National Teacher’s Day is commemorated for teachers in Indonesia who have contributed to the intellectual life of the nation as a thank you. The admin will review in full about the Hymn Guru song and the profile of the creator
Hymn Guru Lyrics
As an unsung Warrior, a Master deserves to be rewarded. For this reason, this is the right moment to sing the Guru Hymn for teachers who are struggling to advance education in Indonesia. According to the title of this article, these are the lyrics of the Hymn Guru song as we have written it below.
Praise be to you, mother and father teacher
Your name will always live, in my heart
I will carve all your devotion in my heart
As a thank you inscription
‘For your devotion
You are a lamp, in the darkness
You are like cooling dew, in thirst
You are a patriot hero of the nation
Unsung
About National Teacher’s Day
Quoted from Tirto.id that National Teacher’s Day which is celebrated every November 25 has a long history because it is closely related to the birthday of the Indonesian Teachers Association (PGRI) on November 25, 1945.
In 1912, as reported by the official page pgri.or.id, indigenous teachers in the Dutch era established a struggle organization called the Dutch East Indies Teachers Association (PGHB).
The members of PGHB are auxiliary teachers, village teachers, school principals and school inspectors. In general, they work in the Village School and Number Two People’s School. The main goal of this organization is to fight for the fate of its members, who, of course, have different social status and educational backgrounds. This struggle is not easy.
As time progressed, new teacher organizations were also born, such as the Association of Assisting Teachers (PGB), the Association of Village Teachers (PGD), the Association of Teachers Ambachtsschool (PGAS), United Normalschool (PNS), Hogere Kweekschool Bond (HKSB).
Teacher’s Hymn: National Teacher’s Day Commemoration
The Teacher’s Hymn was played during the celebration of National Teacher’s Day, November 25, 2022 to be exact. The theme of this year’s National Teacher’s Day is “Move with Heart, Restore Education”.
The Ministry of Education and Culture has appealed to education units, central and regional agency offices, as well as representative offices of the Republic of Indonesia abroad. The appeal is in the form of an invitation to include the hashtag #MoveWithHeart #DemiKemajuan in uploading content to commemorate National Teacher’s Day 2022 on social media.
Hymn Guru Song Maker
The song Hymn Guru was composed by Sartono. The man who was born in Madiun, May 29, 1936, had worked as a music art teacher before being known as the composer of the Hymne Guru song.
Sartono resides at Jalan Halmahera No. 98, Oro-Oro Ombo Village, Kartoharjo District, Madiun City. He lives with his wife, Damijati and his adopted son, Ratno. They adopt children because they are unable to have children.
The song Hymn Guru composed by Sartono is familiar to school students. During his life, Sartono was still called by people to teach piano lessons or private organ and was often invited by residents to social events.
Sartono has retired from SMK Bernardus for decades. Sartono’s wife, Yanti, is a retired teacher from SDN Klagen 02 Madiun.
The Story of the Hymn Guru
In the 1980s, Sartono composed the song “Hymne Guru: Pahlawan Unsung Heroes” as an effort to appreciate teachers because they were considered to be very instrumental in education in Indonesia.
As quoted from the book Collection of Popular National, Traditional, & Children’s Compulsory Songs (2022) by Hani Widiatmoko, Dicky Maulana, Sartono is a former music art teacher at a private foundation school in Madiun City, East Java.
The man who was born in Madiun, May 29, 1936, is studying music by himself without having received any education about music. However, in 1978, he was the only music teacher in the Madiun area who could read musical notes. Due to the limitations of musical instruments at that time, he composed the song Hymn Guru by whistling while writing the notes on paper.
The Guru’s Hymn has become the National Mandatory Song for HGN
Quoted from the Ministry of Education and Culture website, the government set the song Hymne Guru to be the national anthem in 1980. On the momentum of National Education Day 1980, Sartono participated in a songwriting competition about education. Of the hundreds of participants, his song “Hymne Guru, Unsung Hero” won the competition.
Apart from the song ‘Hymne Guru’, Sartono also composed eight other educational themed songs. His attention to the world of education led to an award in 2000 from the then Minister of National Education (Mendiknas), Yahya Muhaimin. Then in 2005, Bambang Soedibyo was also given the award as Minister of National Education at the time.
