Abstract:

This study examines the liberalization of education services in Indonesia in the context of World Trade Organization free trade and its impact on efforts to achieve the fourth Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), namely the fulfillment of inclusive and equitable quality education for all. This issue is examined and analyzed in this study using normative, qualitative, and deductive legal methods. From the data analysis, it is concluded that the liberalization of education services in Indonesia, if implemented with the spirit of seeking profit and free fight liberalism, will hinder the fulfillment of the right to inclusive and fair quality education, because only those who are economically capable can enjoy it. As a developing country, Indonesia needs to formulate policies that limit the implementation of the liberalization of education services by utilizing the special provisions for developing countries and the flexibility of the General Agreement on Trade in Services, so that the fulfillment of the right to inclusive and equitable quality education can be accessed by all people, thereby enhancing the achievement of SDG 4.