Bogor City Lacks 1,200 Teachers, DPRD Urges Mayors To Take Real Steps

Illustration of teachers (ANTARA)

BOGOR The lack of teachers in Bogor City is increasingly worrying. This was a sharp spotlight in the working meeting of Commission IV of the Bogor City DPRD with the Education Office (Disdik) last week.

Member of Commission IV, Endah Purwanti, called this situation a serious crisis that threatens the quality of education, especially at the basic level.

Based on data from the Bogor Mayor's Accountability Statement (LKPJ) in 2024, currently, around 1,200 additional teachers are needed to jump from the previous estimate of 800 people. In detail, 900 teachers are needed for the elementary and 300 teachers for the junior high school level.

"This is not just a number, but an emergency situation. It cannot be overcome only with temporary solutions such as school mergers, one teacher teaching two classes, or inter-school rotation," said Endah.

He asked the Education Office not to continue to take refuge behind reasons for limited regulations from the central government. According to him, the Bogor City Government needs to immediately take concrete, creative, and innovative steps.

"We ask for a breakthrough. There must be concrete steps before the new academic year 2025/2026 begins," said the PKS politician.

Endah also highlighted the serious impact of excessive workload on teachers. In addition to reducing the quality of learning, it is feared that this could affect the physical and mental health of educators.

If it continues, this could be a time bomb. The spirit of Freedom of Learning can be stopped just because the most basic need for teachers is not met," he said.

Commission IV of the Bogor City DPRD is committed to continuing to oversee the resolution of this problem. They encourage the government to massively open CPNS or PPPK formations, as well as explore other policy schemes in accordance with applicable legal provisions.