Salary Of P3K Teachers In West Papua Completed, Disdik Admits Still Waiting For Delegation Files From The Center

Illustration of teaching and learning activities in West Papua. (Between)

PAPUA - The West Papua Province Education Office (Disdik) is still waiting for the transfer of teacher files with the status of a Government Employee with a Work Agreement (P3K) from the Ministry of Empowerment of State Civil Apparatus and Bureaucratic Reform (KemenPAN-RB).

Head of the West Papua Provincial Education Office, Abdul Fatah, said that the first aid teacher was a formation for central government admissions so that the West Papua Provincial Government was waiting for the transfer of its files.

"We continue to coordinate with MenPan-RB, but until now there has been no decree on submission as our basis for issuing a SKPP (remand termination certificate)," he said in Manokwari, Thursday.

He understands that there has been no payment of the salaries of first aid teachers at the district level because no SKPP has been made or issued by the provincial government.

Even so, the West Papua Education Office has received information from several districts that have taken policies by paying the salaries of first aid teachers, although not in full.

"The information we received from Kaimana Regency has paid the rights of a one-month first aid teacher with the regional head's policy, this is done so as not to interfere with the teaching and learning process in schools," he said.

On April 4, 2023, first aid teachers in a number of districts in West Papua held a demonstration because they had not received their salaries in the last four months.

In accordance with Government Regulation Number 106 of 2021, SMA/SMK equivalent education matters are returned to districts and cities as a special autonomy policy in Papua.

"Institutionally, it is clear that there are PP 106, but what is a temporary obstacle is the administrative process which we continue to urge to immediately because it involves the welfare of teachers," he said.