Educational Disaster: Crisis over Government-employed Teachers, Lecturers

Our government officials often use Finland as a reference, but they somehow forget to pay attention to how the Finnish government sees teachers, who have as prestigious a profession as doctors and engineers.

Kompas, in coincidence with the National Teacher's Day (25/11/2022), ran a story, "Pengangkatan Satu Juta Guru PPPK Karut-marut” (The Appointment of 1 Million PPPK Teachers is Chaotic). It reflects a fundamental problem in our national education: the crisis over the availability of government-employed teachers.

The crisis indeed is lingering, which is a mockery of the fact that teachers are the main element in education. A school with complete facilities and well-established curriculum still cannot provide proper education if it lacks teachers.