Jakarta Provincial Government Immediately Recommends 4,000 Honorary Teachers To Get Dapodik

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JAKARTA - The Provincial Government (Pemprov) of DKI Jakarta immediately recommended around 4,000 honorary teachers to obtain basic education data (dapodik). "A total of 4,000 honorary teachers will be processed for recommendation to get a dapodik," said Acting Governor of DKI Jakarta Heru Budi Hartono while attending a gathering with school principals throughout Jakarta in Jakarta International Velodrome, East Jakarta, Sunday 21 night. As many as 2,700 school principals from elementary school (SD), junior high school (SMP), high school vocational (SMA), vocational high school (SMK), as well as extraordinary schools (SLB) throughout Jakarta attended the meeting. Heru was also accompanied by the Regional Secretary (Sekda) of the Jakarta Province Agus Joko Setyono and Acting Head of the Jakarta Provincial Education Office Budi Awaluddin. Heru reminded that the number of 4,000 honorary teachers could no longer be added because the data collection had been completed in December 2023. This figure includes 107 teachers who were affected by structuring. Therefore, he stressed, school principals cannot recruit new honorary teachers without the permission of the Jakarta Provincial Education Office (Disdik). Heru also said, his party will continue to strive to pay attention to the fate of honorary teachers in getting their rights properly, as well as prepare steps to improve the status of honorary teachers in Jakarta. In addition, said Heru, the Jakarta Education Office also opened the need for teacher vacancies for individual work contracts (KKKI) as many as 1,700 teachers (KKKI) as many as 1,700 teachers in August 2024. He also invited honorary teachers to register themselves to be processed according to the existing rules and mechanisms. As usual. In 2025, we will reopen the registration of KKI teachers as education heroes. So, another 2,300 honorary teachers can participate in registering. If later the budget allows, the budget will increase again. In addition, we will also meet the need for teacher shortages in special schools or disabled schools, "said Heru. While waiting for the registration of KKI teachers in August 2024 and 2025, the teachers will continue to teach as usual. These efforts will be made to respect the services of teachers as education heroes.

Then, regarding the lack of teachers, the DKI Jakarta Provincial Education Office is currently mapping schools that have excess teachers to facilitate the placement of teachers in schools experiencing teacher shortages.

"The teacher's shortcomings are calculated again. With today's meeting of school principals, we can do a reposition. If there are excess IPA teachers, they can be shifted to schools that do not have IPA teachers," he said., including taking into account the 4,000 honorary teachers.