Good News, West Aceh Regency Government Budgets IDR 3.7 Billion In 2022 For Islamic Boarding School And Recitation Teachers

ACEH BARAT - The West Aceh Regency Government in 2022 has budgeted an incentive fund for pesantren teachers and recitation teachers of more than IDR 3.7 billion as an effort to improve education in the religious sector.

"The allocation of this incentive budget is a form of concern for the West Aceh Regency Government to teachers at Islamic boarding schools and Islamic recitations," said Head of the Dayah Education Office of West Aceh Regency, Zulkifli in Meulaboh, Antara, Wednesday, January 19.

The total incentives that will be given to dayah teachers who teach at traditional Islamic boarding schools in 2022 are 300 people, with a total budget that will be obtained for one full year (12 months) of IDR 500,000 per person or IDR 1,800 billion per person. year.

The incentives for teachers who teach at the Qur'an Recitation Park (TPQ) in West Aceh Regency this year are a total of 323 people. The amount of incentives per person is IDR 500 thousand per person for 12 months, bringing the total to IDR 1.9 billion.

"So, the total incentives for dayah teachers and TPQ teachers that we will distribute in 2022 are more than IDR 3.73 billion," said Zulkifli.

He said the funds were allocated to the West Aceh Regency Revenue and Expenditure Budget (APBK) for Fiscal Year 2022. In 2021, the West Aceh Regency Government has distributed salaries or incentives for Islamic boarding schools and Al-Quran teachers amounting to Rp1.8 billion.

Of the total Rp1.8 billion in funds that have been disbursed, he said, include incentives for traditional pesantren (dayah) teachers as many as 80 people multiplied by Rp. 1 million per person for 12 months, for a total of Rp. 960 million.

Incentives for teaching teachers at TPQ in Aceh Barat Regency are allocated to 140 teachers, multiplied by Rp. 500 thousand per person for 12 months, for a total budget of Rp. 840 million.