2.722 ASN Resign Semester I 2026, BKD East Kalimantan Reveals PPPK Phenomenon

Illustration of state civil apparatus (ASN) (ANTARA)

SAMARINDA - The Acting Head of the East Kalimantan Regional Human Resources Agency (BKD), Yuli Fitriyanti, revealed the differences in the reasons for the resignation of civil servants (ASN) with civil servant status and Government Employees with Work Agreements (PPPK) in the environment of the East Kalimantan Provincial Government (Pemprov).

Yuli said that the resignation of civil servants and PPPK had different backgrounds, especially regarding the provisions of employment and the opportunity to continue their education.

"If the civil servant, as long as he is 50 years old and his working life has reached 20 years, he is entitled to apply for early retirement. If you meet these requirements, your retirement rights will still flow," Yuli said in his statement, Monday, August 10.

According to him, this mechanism provides space for civil servants who have met the requirements to end their work through early retirement without losing their retirement rights in accordance with applicable regulations.

Meanwhile, ASN with PPPK status faced a different situation. Yuli said that a number of PPPK in the East Kalimantan Provincial Government environment chose to end their status as civil servants because they wanted to continue their education to a higher level.

"In this condition, they must end their status as PPPK. Because the status of PPPK is fully bound by work obligations based on contracts. It can't be combined, so they have to resign first before they can continue school," he said.

Yuli gave an example of this condition that can be experienced by medical personnel, including doctors with PPPK status who have the opportunity to follow specialist education. This opportunity sometimes requires them to leave the PPPK status due to binding provisions during the employment contract period.

According to Yuli, this condition is different from civil servants who have a mechanism for study assignments or study permits according to the applicable requirements. Meanwhile, PPPK is bound by a labor agreement so that the space to leave work temporarily for the sake of education is more limited.

"The status of PPPK is fully bound by work obligations based on contracts," he said.

This phenomenon is one of the dynamics of human resource management of the apparatus in the East Kalimantan Provincial Government environment. On the one hand, the improvement of ASN competence through further education is necessary to strengthen the quality of government services. However, on the other hand, the PPPK contract provision can make some employees have to choose between maintaining their status as civil servants or continuing their education.

Nationally, the State Civil Service Agency (BKN) recorded as many as 2,722 ASN resigning at their own request throughout the first semester of 2026. The resignation occurred amid the dynamics of ASN management and changes in human resource needs in various government agencies.

However, Yuli emphasized that the reason for the resignation of ASN in the environment of the East Kalimantan Provincial Government could not be generalized. Especially for PPPK, the decision in a number of cases is related to the need for competence development through further education.

This condition shows the importance of ASN management policies that are able to accommodate the need for capacity development of employees, while maintaining the sustainability of public services and meeting human resource needs in the government environment.