Multi-grade teaching (MGT) is essential and appropriate for a variety of contexts in Indonesia, particularly in remote, isolated schools with a limited number of teachers. Its focus on child-centered, interactive, participatory, and collaborative learning, across ages and grades; its adaptability to a range of cultural and school-specific contexts; its cost-efficiency in creating viable teacher-student ratios; and its potential reinforcement of linkages among pre-school, primary school, and community should make it an approach of 'first choice' for many schools in Indonesia.