Palu Has Hit, Honorary Teacher Grant Fund For DKI Increases 10 Percent In 2022, Receives IDR 550 Thousand Every Month

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JAKARTA - The allocation of grant funds for honorary teachers in private schools and early childhood education was decided to increase by 10 percent in 2022 in line with the approval of the General Policy on Budget and Temporary Budget Priority Ceiling (KUA-PPAS) for the 2022 DKI Jakarta Regional Budget of Rp. 84.88 trillion.

"I want to convey that the budget for next year, especially at the Education Office, has prioritized the welfare of teachers. We are grateful that we have been knocked out by a 10 percent increase," said the Coordinator of Commission E of the DKI Jakarta DPRD, Zita Anjani in a statement in Jakarta, quoted from Antara, Sunday, February 15th.

The politician from the National Mandate Party (PAN) said that the increase in the budget ceiling for honorary teacher grants was due to the condition of private teachers who needed attention.

"Moreover, I am a teacher, so I know exactly the condition of private teachers. On average, they are forced to look for side jobs to survive because their income from teaching is low," said Zita.

This increase is certainly good news for teachers in various organizations such as IGTKI, IGRA, HIMPAUDI, and PGRI.

With the approval of the increase in operational funds, it is hoped that the teaching staff will no longer be burdened by other costs in the organization such as levies on teachers.

Previously, the Head of the DKI Jakarta Education Agency (Disdik) Nahdiana explained that if the grant funds were increased by 10 percent, the teaching staff would get an increase of Rp. 50,000 or Rp. 550 thousand per month.

"So initially the grant budget was Rp.489.9 billion, it was increased by 10 percent to Rp.48.9 billion, so that the budget became Rp. 538.9 billion for 81,658 teachers," he said.