Paradoxes of Appointing a Million Teachers

In the future the state will hopefully be really present to redress the problem of teachers in a systemic manner, rather than in a partial and piecemeal way as apparent so far.

Many circles have lately spotlighted the preparatory mechanism for the appointment of a million teachers with the status of government employees under working contracts (PPPK) by the Education and Culture Ministry.

This appointment is based on the President’s policy through Presidential Regulation No. 98/2020 on the appointment of teachers with the status of PPPK and the right to receive salaries equivalent to those of civil servants.