Politics · Indonesia · 4 hrs ago
Indonesia Sets Rp23 Trillion Budget for Part-Time Teachers’ Full-Time Transition
Indonesia has agreed to fund a change in status for part-time government-contract teachers.
Lalu Hadrian Irfani, a member of parliament’s education commission, said the budget is Rp23 trillion.
The government has said the change will begin on January 1, 2027, and will also cover other types of workers.
Lalu said he had not received implementation guidelines for the teacher transition.
He urged the government to issue them soon so teachers can prepare the required paperwork and avoid lengthy administrative delays.
The next step is for the government to publish the guidance and carry out the planned status changes.
Indonesia has agreed to allocate Rp23 trillion for moving part-time government contract teachers to full-time status.
Lalu Hadrian Irfani, deputy chair of the House of Representatives Commission X, said the budget had been agreed.
He urged the government to issue implementation and technical guidelines, which he said he had not yet received.
The government has said the transition will begin on January 1, 2027, and cover other professions as well as teachers.
- Who
- Part-time government contract teachers and workers in other professions are to move to full-time status.
- What
- Indonesia has agreed to allocate Rp23 trillion for the transition.
- When
- The transition is scheduled to begin on January 1, 2027.
- Where
- Indonesia.
- Why
- The budget is intended to fund the move from part-time to full-time government contract status. Lalu said teachers need certainty.
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State Secretary Prasetyo Hadi announced that the status upgrades would begin on January 1, 2027.
Lalu Hadrian Irfani said Rp23 trillion had been agreed for the transition and called for the government to issue implementation guidelines.
- Budget
- Rp23 trillion
- Transition start
- January 1, 2027
- Announcing official
- Prasetyo Hadi, State Secretary
- Budget statement
- Lalu Hadrian Irfani, deputy chair of House Commission X
What people are saying
We have agreed on the budget, 23 trillion for this transition.
As of today, we have not received the implementation and technical guidelines.
This also needs to be issued soon so our teachers can prepare all the required administrative documents.
Then the municipal police, health workers or medical personnel, technical workers or service personnel, or other implementing personnel. Their status will be upgraded from part-time to full-time government contract workers.