Good News For 293,848 Honorary Teachers, In The Near Future They Will Be Appointed As PPPK

A screenshot of the Director General of GTK Kemendikbudristek, Iwan Syahril, in Jakarta, Wednesday (19/1/2022). (ANTARA/Indriani)

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology said as many as 293,848 honorary teachers will soon be appointed as Government Employee teachers with a Work Agreement (PPPK).

"There are as many as 293,848 honorary teachers who passed the formation in the first and second exams and will soon be appointed as PPPK teachers", said Director General of Teachers and Education Personnel (GTK) of the Ministry of Education and Culture, Iwan Syahril at the House of Representatives Commission X Working Meeting in Jakarta, reported by Antara on Wednesday, January 19.

He added that the filled teacher formations were for 388,313 ASN (State Civil Apparatus) of PPPK teacher formations, with applicants on the first and second selection exams, or about 58 percent of the 506,252 existing formations.

Iwan added that there were as many as 117,939 formations that were not applied at all in the first and second stages.

“When we opened the data, we found a trend. Our teachers do not apply to areas with limited or remote access, as many as 79,937 formations", he explained.

For example, teachers in villages apply to their cities, or teachers in the Thousand Islands register as first aid teachers in the North Jakarta area. In fact, if they compete in their home region, they will likely qualify.

Furthermore, teachers did not apply for areas with very easy access, namely 34,800 formations and areas with relatively easy access.

In the future, the government will optimize the formation so that there are no more formations that are not applied at all.

Meanwhile, for the calculation of the need for PPPK teachers in 2022, it is estimated that there will be 758,018 formations by the recommendations of the Commission X Working Committee of the House of Representatives and have taken into account the needs of religious teachers.