Problems of Contract Teachers

The emergency solution is to employ teachers on a cyclical contract system and this has been going on for years. Contract teachers can even be employed for a dozen years.

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A teacher guides students as distance learning is carried out online by SMA 3 state senior high school in Brebes, Central Java, Monday (19/10/2020). Children forced to drop out of school due to economic factors are facilitated to resume their education. This activity is a solution for students who want to go to school while still working to help ease the burden on the family\'s financial condition.

Soon, November 25 to be precise, we will commemorate National Teachers Day. Even though contract teachers are not the only teachers who face problems, the sheer number of issues related to the welfare and work status of contract teachers in this Republic will always be a hot topic on every commemoration of National Teachers Day.

It must be admitted that the role of contract teachers in education in Indonesia is very strategic because many regions are still experiencing a shortage of teachers, yet the government does not have the budget to pay or employ all civil servant teachers. In a number of regions, the teacher-student ratio is still below the standard set by the government.