Jakarta (ANTARA) - Deputy Speaker of the People\u2019s Consultative\nAssembly (MPR) RI Lestari Moerdijat stated that strong political will is\nneeded from policymakers for the success of civil servant (ASN)\ngovernance, as bureaucratic reform must not create new uncertainties for\nteachers.<\/p>\n
\u201cDo not let bureaucratic reform instead give birth to new\nuncertainties for teachers who have long served to maintain the\ncontinuity of national education,\u201d she said in a statement in Jakarta on\nMonday.<\/p>\n
According to her, issues related to teachers must not be understood\nmerely as administrative personnel matters. This is because it concerns\nthe direction of the nation and the state\u2019s duty to fulfil the\nconstitutional mandate to enlighten the life of the nation.<\/p>\n
She assessed that the abolition of honorary staff status through the\nimplementation of Law Number 20 of 2023 on ASN is indeed intended to\nimprove national bureaucratic governance.<\/p>\n
However, this policy must not stop at mere changes in nomenclature or\nadministrative tidying, because for years, the national education system\nhas been supported by non-ASN teachers.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey (non-ASN teachers) are not just complements to the system. They\nare the main pillars of educational continuity in many regions,\u201d said\nLestari.<\/p>\n
She viewed the current situation as indicating fundamental problems\nin national education governance, namely the mismatch between real\neducational needs in the field and policies on recruitment,\ndistribution, and protection of educators.<\/p>\n
As a result, the state has allowed the emergence of dependence on\nnon-ASN teachers without adequate protection and certainty systems.<\/p>\n
\u201cDo not let bureaucratic reform instead give birth to new\nuncertainties for teachers who have long served to maintain the\ncontinuity of national education,\u201d said Lestari, who is also a member of\nthe House of Representatives (DPR) Commission X.<\/p>\n
According to her, the state needs more fundamental and long-term\nsolutions, not just administrative transition schemes. In the future, a\nserious national roadmap is needed regarding teacher needs in\nIndonesia.<\/p>\n
This roadmap encompasses the distribution of educators, a fair\nrecruitment system, job status certainty, professional protection, and\ndecent welfare.<\/p>\n
She emphasised that the quality of national education cannot be built\non the uncertainty of the fates of its educators.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf the state is serious about building superior human resources,\nthen teachers must be positioned as the main foundation of national\ndevelopment, not just bureaucratic variables,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
She also reminded that Article 31 of the 1945 Constitution of the\nRepublic of Indonesia has mandated that the state is obliged to organise\na national education system to enlighten the life of the nation.<\/p>\n
Therefore, all education-related policies should be built with a\ncomplete national perspective, including ensuring educational\ncontinuity, access justice, and certainty for educators.<\/p>\n
\u201cA great nation cannot be built by ignoring teachers. In their hands,\nthe quality of the generation and the direction of Indonesia\u2019s future\nare at stake,\u201d said Lestari.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/mpr-bureaucratic-reform-must-not-create-new-uncertainties-for-teachers-1778521981", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }