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        "id": 1718975,
        "msgid": "at-constitutional-court-hearing-non-civil-servant-lecturers-salaries-revealed-as-rp-450-000-rp-1-5-million-1777974061",
        "date": "2026-05-05 15:07:10",
        "title": "At Constitutional Court Hearing, Non-Civil Servant Lecturers' Salaries Revealed as Rp 450,000\u2013Rp 1.5 Million, Far Below Regional Minimum Wage",
        "author": "Robertus Belarminus",
        "source": "KOMPAS",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "During a Constitutional Court hearing on the Teacher and Lecturer Law, the Chairman of the All-Indonesian Lecturer Communication Forum revealed that non-civil servant lecturers earn between Rp 450,000 and Rp 1.5 million monthly, significantly below regional minimum wages in various provinces. Examples include Rp 304,000 in East Java against a Rp 3.32 million minimum and variable payments in West Sulawesi amounting to just Rp 1.2 million every six months. The forum urges a constitutional interpretation to ensure lecturers' incomes meet objective minimum standards, addressing ambiguities in the law that undermine fair treatment and social justice principles.",
        "content": "<p>The salaries of non-civil servant lecturers in Indonesia remain far\nfrom adequate, with the majority receiving incomes below the regional\nminimum wage (UMR). This was stated by Andi Herenal Daeng Toto, Chairman\nof the All-Indonesian Lecturer Communication Forum (FKDSI), during the\nhearing of Case Number 272\/PUU-XXII\/2025 concerning the judicial review\nof Law Number 14 of 2005 on Teachers and Lecturers at the Constitutional\nCourt on Tuesday (5\/5\/2026). \u201cMonthly incomes range from Rp 450,000 to\nRp 1,500,000 per month,\u201d Andi said on Tuesday. He emphasised that many\nlecturers receive incomes far from the standard of a decent living. \u201cIn\nEast Java, there are lecturers who receive a salary of Rp 304,000 per\nmonth with an UMR of Rp 3,320,000 per month,\u201d he said. Similar\nconditions occur in West Sumatra, where lecturers\u2019 salaries range from\nRp 1,500,000 per month with an UMR of Rp 3,182,000. Even in West\nSulawesi, particularly in Mamuju, non-civil servant lecturers do not\nreceive a fixed monthly salary. \u201cLecturers are only paid based on the\nnumber of courses they teach, so in certain conditions, they only\nreceive around Rp 1,200,000 for a six-month period,\u201d he revealed. \u201c76.7\npercent of members receive incomes below the regional minimum wage in\ntheir respective areas,\u201d he said. According to FKDSI, this situation is\ninseparable from the ambiguity of norms in Article 52 of the Teacher and\nLecturer Law, which opens the door to wage practices that do not align\nwith the principles of social justice. \u201cThis situation contradicts the\nconstitutional mandate that every citizen has the right to fair and\ndecent remuneration and treatment in employment relations,\u201d Andi\nstressed. FKDSI is pushing for a firmer constitutional interpretation\nregarding lecturer income standards. \u201cA constitutional interpretation is\nneeded that affirms that lecturers\u2019 incomes must at least meet objective\nand measurable minimum standards such as the regional minimum wage,\u201d he\nsaid. This affirmation is considered important to close interpretive\ngaps that have long triggered uncertainty and injustice in the non-civil\nservant lecturer wage system in Indonesia.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/at-constitutional-court-hearing-non-civil-servant-lecturers-salaries-revealed-as-rp-450-000-rp-1-5-million-1777974061",
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