Adaksi's 7 Demands: From Functional Allowances to Lecturers' Academic Burdens
The Alliance of Civil Servant Lecturers under the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology Across Indonesia, or Adaksi, conveyed several demands during the commemoration of National Education Day (Hardiknas) on Saturday, 2 May 2026. They assess that the current direction of national higher education policy increasingly exhibits symptoms of liberalisation and a reduction in the state’s responsibility towards the education sector.
Adaksi Chairman Anggun Gunawan stated that recent government policies are deemed to deviate from the mandate of higher education as regulated in Law Number 12 of 2012 on Higher Education.
“For example, the entry of the MBG programme into higher education institutions shows a misprioritisation,” said Anggun in a written statement on Saturday, 2 May 2026.
According to Anggun, higher education should function to develop the nation’s character, advance science and technology, and uphold humanistic values. However, the current policies are seen as increasingly positioning campuses merely as instruments to meet industrial needs.
He also highlighted the plan to close several study programmes deemed not aligned with labour market needs. In addition, Adaksi views the government as still neglecting lecturers’ welfare, particularly regarding functional allowances for civil servant lecturers.
“When the ministry promotes the spirit of world-class higher education, in practice, lecturers are forced to bear additional administrative burdens in the form of providing evidence for key performance indicators, accreditation, and integrity zones,” said Anggun.
In their statement, Adaksi presented seven demands to the government. First, restoring the function of higher education institutions as centres for the development of science and the formation of the nation’s civilisation through the tridharma of higher education.
Second, the government is urged to immediately increase functional allowances for lecturers, which have not been adjusted since 2007. Third, Adaksi demands full payment of arrears for civil servant lecturers’ performance allowances for the 2020-2024 period without delay.
Fourth, the government is asked to ensure certainty and fairness in performance allowance policies for all civil servant lecturers without exception. Fifth, Adaksi urges the government to guarantee funding and strengthening of higher education in accordance with the mandate of the 1945 Constitution.
Sixth, they request a comprehensive evaluation of the implementation of lecturers’ primary duties, accreditation, higher education key performance indicators, integrity zones, and lecturers’ workload to be more oriented towards quality rather than mere administration.
Seventh, Adaksi demands the simplification of administrative processes in higher education institutions and the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia so as not to burden lecturers’ academic work.
Adaksi assesses that the Hardiknas commemoration should serve as a momentum for evaluating the direction of national education policy, particularly higher education, which is seen as increasingly deviating from constitutional mandates.