CIANJUR - The Education and Culture Office of Cianjur, West Java, noted that hundreds of Elementary Schools (SD) in Cianjur, do not have a principal because many officials in the education environment are retiring even until the end of 2021, the number is expected to continue to grow.
Secretary of Cianjur Disdikbud Akib Ibrahim said that until November 2021, out of a total of 1,320 primary schools, 320 of them do not have a principal because they have entered retirement age, so that hundreds of elementary schools are currently experiencing a vacancy of principals.
"Many do not have a principal, about 24 percent of the total 1,320 primary schools in Cianjur. Currently, education and training are being carried out for the prospective principal," he said, quoted by Antara, Wednesday, November 10.
For the time being, the vacancy for the principal is filled by the Acting Officer or Acting, so that student learning activities continue, but the role of the Acting Officer is considered not to be optimal, especially when the Acting Officer is appointed to serve as the definitive principal in another school.
His party is currently conducting training for 200 prospective school principals, although later all will be elected and appointed, but there are still schools that do not have a definitive principal. So he hopes that the solution can be immediately addressed because at the end of the year the number will increase again.
"If all of them are appointed, we are still short of more than a hundred principals, not yet at the end of the year, many more school principals are retiring. It is difficult, especially since there has been no appointment of civil servants for the education sector in Cianjur, even if there is only for PPPK," continued Akib.
Currently, his party continues to strive to maximize services in each school so that the teaching and learning process is not disrupted due to the vacancy of the principal.
He hopes that the central government can immediately provide a quota for the appointment of education personnel in Cianjur to become civil servants.
"We hope that there will be a quota of civil servants for education personnel, so that the shortage of school principals does not become a prolonged crisis," said Akib.
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