Teachers demand permanent status<\/p>\n
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
Hundreds of teachers who have been working for the government on
\na contract basis demanded permanent status as the government
\nplans to hire some 300,000 new public servants this year.<\/p>\n
They said that at least 70 percent of the new permanent
\nteaching jobs should be allocated to them, particularly those
\nwhose contracts would expire this year.<\/p>\n
The demand emerged during a gathering on Saturday of teachers
\nfrom various regions who have been working on contract in state
\nschools in Surakarta, Central Java.<\/p>\n
Achmad Tugiran, a member of the association of teachers
\nworking on a non-permanent basis, stated that there were over
\n235,000 teachers working on contract who were hired in 2003 and
\nwhose contract will end later this year.<\/p>\n
In addition, there were over 174,000 teachers hired in 2004,
\nand whose contract will expire next year.<\/p>\n
The plan to hire new public servants this year was announced
\nby State Minister of Administrative Reforms Taufik Effendi
\nrecently.<\/p>\n
Millions of people have been working as teachers, nurses and
\nother professions on a non-permanent basis, some of them for as
\nlong as 20 years.<\/p>\n
Under the contract system, the workers receive less pay and no
\nadded benefits such as housing, meal or transport allowances, let
\nalone pensions.<\/p>\n
The government has more than 3.5 million permanent public
\nservants.<\/p>\n
"The government should give priority to non-permanent teachers
\nhired in 2003 as their contract will soon expire," Achmad said.<\/p>\n
"We're facing uncertainty here (because the contract will
\nexpire). The government should not neglect us," he added.<\/p>",
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