Teacher hiring plan raises regional autonomy concerns
The Indonesian government plans to centralize the management of nonpermanent teachers to alleviate fiscal pressure on regional administrations. This move aims to provide better employment security for teachers but has sparked concerns regarding regional autonomy.
Why it matters
The shift reflects a broader trend of recentralization in Indonesia to fund national flagship programs, potentially impacting local governance.
JAKARTA: The government will transfer thousands of nonpermanent teachers working under contract schemes from regional administrations to the central government to ease local fiscal pressures, a move that revives concerns of recentralisation of educators.
State Secretary Prasetyo Hadi announced the move on Tuesday after a meeting among several ministers and lawmakers at the House of Representatives to address long-standing appeals from teachers employed by the government for greater certainty about their employment status and career prospects.
Under the new arrangement, teachers currently working as part-time government contract employees will be appointed to full-time positions. Meanwhile, full-time contract teachers will be given the opportunity to go through the selection process to become state employees.
“In regard to their employment status, we also agreed their status will be changed to that of central government employees,” Prasetyo said.
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