Disdik: Mataram City Lacks 550 Teachers

Head of the Mataram City Education Office, Yusuf Zain. BETWEEN

MATARAM - Mataram City Education Office, West Nusa Tenggara Province said, until now there are still 550 teachers lacking. As a result, the quota of Government Employees with Work Agreements (PPPK) received this year as many as 263 people have not been able to complete the teacher shortage. "Based on the results of our analysis, the quota is clearly still lacking, not to mention the need in 2023 it will still increase because many teachers will enter retirement," said Head of the Mataram City Education Office, Yusuf Zain in Mataram, quoted from Antara, Tuesday, December 13. Related to that, Yusuf hopes that the quota or formation of PPPK for teachers will still be given by the central government in 2023, so that local governments can include proposals for the needs of teachers. This shortcoming is not only a matter of the number of class teachers, but also the number of subjects teachers. Both for elementary and junior high school teachers in Mataram City. "Our class teachers and subjects are both lacking because they are appointed and will retire at the same time. Including the principal, many have retired this December. But the data is in the office," said Yusuf, who was met at the Mataram Mayor's Office. According to him, overcoming teacher shortages is not easy because local governments cannot appoint new honorary staff, so Disdik calls for optimizing and maximizing existing teachers and honorary staff. "The teacher's hours are at least 24 hours and a maximum of 40 hours a week. That's what we will optimize. Now we are still using the minimum hours, not yet the maximum," he said. In addition to teachers, he added, principals must also use the maximum hours because it has an impact on the results. So maximizing the existing honorarium teachers is also very much needed. "They don't exist for up to 24 hours. Some are 12 hours and this can be maximized now," he said. Head of the Personnel and Human Resources Development Agency (BKPSDM) Hj Baiq Asnayati previously said that Mataram City still lacks employees. Both technical staff and educators or teachers. For the lack of this number of employees, he said, Mataram is still trying to propose the formation of civil servant and PPPK needs so that next year, the central government will reopen the application for civil servant recruitment. "We have consulted with the center, maybe next year there will be a civil servant recruitment also in addition to the PPPK quota. But the certainty is that we are still waiting for his decision," he said.