Teacher's Salaries Rise In The Prabowo Era? Deputy Minister Of Religion Father Syafi I Set A Dare Target In 2027

BANDARLAMPUNG - Deputy Minister of Religion (Wamenag) Father R. Muhammad Syafi'i targets all teachers under the Ministry of Religion (Kemenag) to be certified and pay more than IDR 2 million by 2027.

"This is the wish of President Prabowo Subianto to ask that no more teachers earn less than Rp. 2 million. Therefore, we work so that all teachers under the Ministry of Religion can be certified in 2027," said Father Syafi after the Gathering of Cross-Religious Leaders and Religious Harmony Forums (FKUB) throughout the Lampung Province, Antara, Thursday, August 14.

Based on data from the Ministry of Religion, there are 629,000 teachers with a salary of IDR 500 thousand and below, both teachers of Islam, Christianity, Catholicism, Hinduism, and Buddhism. They are targeted to have earned more than IDR 2 million in the next two years.

"These teachers are in schools under the Ministry of Religion, both public and private. Currently, teachers who earn less than IDR 500 thousand are only eight percent in religious public schools, while the other 92 percent are managed by the private sector," he said.

The Ministry of Religion has a quota for the appointment of 45,000 religious teachers per year. However, with that amount, the completion of certification takes up to 12 years.

"So I propose to accelerate it to two years with the 50 percent distribution of teachers certified in 2025 and the rest in 2026. Even though it was not approved at first, I can assure you that I can find a shortage of funds. So 2026 is halfway finished, 2027 is all finished," said Father Syafi.

He added that by the end of this year it is targeted that an additional 300,000 teachers will be certified, consisting of three batches of around 100,000 each.

"Program sertifikasi guru di bawah Kemenag ini untuk yang sudah eksisting. Untuk penerimaan guru baru nanti ada skema tersendiri," ujarnya.

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"The teacher certification program under the Ministry of Religion is for those that are already existing. For the acceptance of new teachers, there will be a separate scheme," he said.