Policy on Contracted Teachers

KOMPAS/BAHANA PATRIA GUPTA

Contract teachers of the Surabaya FHK21 civil group hold a peaceful rally on Sept. 18, 2018 to reject Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform Minister Regulation Nos. 36 and 37 at the Surabaya Legislative Council (DPRD). The teachers, who have served for many years, called for the local administration to grant them civil servant status.

The government has announced that it will give contracted teachers the opportunity to attain civil servant status. However, they will have to undergo a strict selection process that ensures the quality of civil servants.

Category-2 contracted workers, registered at the Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform Ministry, will be given the chance to take part in the selection process to become civil servants. Those failing to pass the selection will be given the chance to become contract-based government employees (PPPK), eligible to receive a similar monthly salary to civil servants but without the pension benefits.