Prabowo Announces Teacher Welfare Funds 2025 Up To IDR 81.6 Trillion

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JAKARTA - President Prabowo Subianto announced that the budget allocation for the welfare of ASN and non-ASN teachers will increase in 2025 to IDR 81.6 trillion, an increase of IDR 16.7 trillion compared to the previous year.

The policy was announced by the President during a speech on the agenda of the peak commemoration of National Teacher's Day 2024 at Velodrom Rawamangun, East Jakarta, Thursday, November 28.

"Today I am a bit calm standing in front of the teachers, because I can say that even though we have only been in power for one month, we can announce that we can improve the welfare of teachers," he said as quoted by ANTARA.

In this activity, the President emphasized the importance of the role of teachers in the nation's development, as well as announcing various new policies aimed at improving the welfare of educators.

The President outlined that the government has increased the budget for the welfare of State Civil Apparatus (ASN) teachers, Government Employees with Work Agreements (PPPK), as well as non-ASN teachers.

ASN teachers will receive an additional welfare of one basic salary, while professional allowances for non-ASN teachers are increased to IDR 2 million per month.

The President said that the budget for the welfare of ASN and non-ASN teachers was also allocated for certification activities for teachers in all regions.

"In 2025, there were 1,932,666 teachers who were certified by educators, namely 64.4 percent, there was an increase of 650 certified teachers compared to 2024," he said.

As part of the government's commitment to improving the quality and professionalism of teachers, as many as 806,486 ASN and non-ASN teachers who have met the Diploma IV (D4) or Bachelorship (S1) educational qualifications will take part in the Teacher Professional Education (PPG) program in 2025.

In addition, the government will provide educational assistance for 249,623 teachers who currently do not have a D4 or S1 degree to continue their studies.

As for the form of support for non-ASN teachers who have not been certified, the President said, cash assistance will be provided through bank transfers that are being designed with the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) to help this group.

"The number of recipients will be submitted in 2025. Now the BPS is being calculated and searched for, both the name and address exactly, who is entitled to receive these benefits," he said.

Presiden Prabowo menegaskan kebijakan ini adalah bagian dari langkah konkret pemerintah untuk memastikan guru mendapatkan penghargaan yang layak atas kontribusi mereka dalam mendidikan kehidupan bangsa.