Abstract: This paper focuses on the development of primaryeducation teachers, viewed from the perspective of Islamic educationand its benefits for improving the quality of Indonesian human whole.The essence of basic education is highly related to human rights todevelopment itself and the basic provisions for decent living in a societyin any part of the world. From this, the duties and responsibilities ofprimary education teachers become very crucial in the era ofglobalization because only the competitive teachers who are able tomanage duties and responsibilities to improve the quality of Indonesianhuman . Meanwhile, in the context of Islamic education, teachersare « waritsat al-anbiya « who have mission of « rahmat li al-‘alamin «,in which the whole aspect of life is « uswatun khasanah».Thus, the program of teachers ‘competence development mustconsider the goals, essential and characteristics of primary education,the dominant potential of primary education learners and theresponsibilities of primary education teachers, so that educationalprograms in primary education can support the improvement of humanquality of Indonesia completely.
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