Pay Honorary Teachers, Reasons For Parents Of SMPN 3 Students Asked For Donations

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BANJARNEGARA - The Education, Youth and Sports Office of Banjarnegara Regency, Central Java opened its voice on allegations of donation levies at SMPN 3 Purwareja Klampok managed by the school committee. The guardians of students previously claimed to have contributed by the school to pay honorary teachers, school furniture, and student activities. "The head of the Banjarnegara Regency Education, Youth and Sports Office, Teguh Handoko, stated that they would seek further information regarding donations at SMP Negeri 3 Purwareja Klampok.Teguh acknowledged the need for schools is quite large, while the financing has been greatly accumulated on government assistance in the form of educational unit operational assistance (BOSP). Practicism in the field is indeed things that cannot be financed from BOSP, one side in schools requires a lot of costs. From the regulatory side, it allows the role as well as the community," said Teguh, Wednesday, September 20. According to Teguh, the actions of the school committee will be juxtaposed with existing regulations.' This is because each student's teachings continue to grow." Now there is no recruitment of honorary teachers by the government, so the school committee itself entered into agreement agreements with teachers in order to meet the needs of educators, "said Suyatno, Suyatno asserted, the contribution of the student's guardian was given voluntarily. The amount of donations was decided in the school committee meeting held at the beginning of the new school year and agreed to be used for various purposes such as payment of honorary teachers' salaries, school furniture for new teaching students. This is because each student's child's guardian is more than one in SMPN 3 Purwareja Klampok is only subject to donations for one child. Meanwhile, orphans are exempted from donations. According to Suyatno, donations from guardians other than paying for honorary teachers also added 255 children.

Donation payments are disbursed every month. However, based on experience in previous years, donation payments have never been smooth. "Many students only pay Rp. 100,000 to Rp. 200,000, that's all we never collect," he said.