4,000 Honorary Teachers In Jakarta Terminated Contract, Disdik DKI: From 2022 We Have Information

Acting Head Of DKI Jakarta Education Office Budi Awaluddin/PHOTO: Diah Ayu-VOI

Acting Head of the DKI Jakarta Education Office, Budi Awaluddin, emphasized that his party had reminded public school principals in Jakarta since two years ago to no longer appoint honorary teachers.

This was revealed by Budi in response to the termination of the honorary teacher contract. It was recorded that around 4,000 honorary teachers were fired unilaterally in Jakarta.

"Even from 2022, we have informed you not to appoint honorary teachers. At that time we have conveyed it, stop. But (the principal) is stubborn (still appointing honorary teachers)," said Budi at DKI Jakarta City Hall, Central Jakarta, Wednesday, July 17.

Budi explained, since 2022, there have been special provisions in the appointment of teachers as stated in Permendikbud Number 63 of 2022.

In this regulation, teachers who can be given honorariums must meet the requirements of non-ASN status, be recorded in Basic Education Data (Dapodik), have Unique Educators and Education Personnel Number (NUPTK), and have not received teacher professional allowances.

Budi admitted that so far the principal has appointed honorary teachers without receiving recommendations from the DKI Education Office so that the honorary teachers are not registered in the Dapodik and do not have NUPTK.

"So, what the principals have been doing so far is to appoint honorary teachers who are not aware of the Education Office and do not comply with their needs, their appointment is not published, and the appointment of subjectivity," explained Budi.

Budi admitted, Disdik DKI also now has to carry out a policy of cleaning honorary teachers.

This is because the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) revealed that the findings of the use of school operational assistance funds (BOS) did not comply with the regulations. In particular, the use of funds to pay honorary teachers who were not registered in Dapodik from the start and did not have NUPTK.

"So, what the principal does is because it has the authority to manage BOS. So, many of the appointments are not in accordance with the provisions," he explained.

Previously, the Teacher Education Association (P2G) revealed that there was a unilateral dismissal of honorary teachers.

Head of the Advocacy Division of P2G Teacher Iman Zanatul Haeri revealed, on July 5, 2024 or the first week of entering a new school in 2024/2025, honorary teachers received messages from their respective principals to fill out forms online.

Apparently, in the form, honorary teachers were asked to fill in the data and approval stating that they could no longer teach because of the honorary cleansing policy.

"Since the first day they entered was the last day at school. After it was announced they were no longer allowed to teach, they were told to fill out the cleansing form. It was like being shot, then told to dig their own graves," Iman told reporters.

When they received a smooth "expel" from their work, honorary teachers in DKI Jakarta were shocked because they suddenly stopped working. This is because some honorary teachers who were affected by the dismissal have taught for more than 6 years.

Some are crying, some are confused about how to tell their family at home because in a short time their career as a teacher just ran aground. To this day they are still wondering, what policy is this and why are they being treated like that? Without notification and without preparation," said Iman.