SOLOK - An honorary teacher at a private school, Solok City, West Sumatra, Doni Alfiz who has been teaching for 11 years is forced to sell crackers around because he only earns Rp. 60 thousand per month.
"Receiving an honorarium of only Rp. 60,000 per month is certainly not sufficient for the needs of me and my family," he said in Solok, Thursday.
Doni only gets an honorarium of Rp. 60,000 per month because the number of students in the private school is still small. However, this did not dampen Doni's enthusiasm to share knowledge with the students there.
In addition to being an honorary teacher, Doni is forced to sell crackers around every day to increase his income to meet the needs of his family's life.
For his enthusiasm and sincerity in teaching, Doni also received assistance from Aksi Cepat Tanggap (ACT) Solok branch, West Sumatra through the Friends of Indonesian Teachers (SGI) program for honorary teachers.
He is grateful for the assistance that has been given to him and he hopes that the SGI program from ACT can be an encouragement for him and other honorary teachers.
"Hopefully it will be an encouragement for us to continue educating our students and become a field of charity for our generous friends who have cared about us as honorary teachers," he said.
In addition, he also hopes that the program will continue in the future so that it continues to be an encouragement for them and their students.
The chairman of the ACT Solok branch, Tengku Dewan, through the ACT Solok Program team, Chahyo Shaputra, said that the cost of living for honorary teachers is aimed at improving their lives.
"We see that currently there are still many honorary teachers who earn minimal income, even below the minimum wage," he said.
He mentioned that there were also six teachers in Solok City, namely Yuliasmi, Okta Ariska, Tuti, Rina, Yernifa and Doni Alfiz who received living expenses assistance from this program.
In addition, he said the assistance provided was in the form of cash worth IDR 500 thousand per person. He hopes that this assistance can have a good impact on teachers who have served an average of more than 10 years.
"Hopefully in the future, the Indonesian Teacher Friends (SGI) program can reach remote areas of Solok City and Regency," he said.
Act Solok, he said, prioritizes assistance for honorary teachers who have served for more than ten years and have minimal income as an effort to increase teacher productivity in educating children in their environment.
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