Commission VIII Reports Madrasah Teachers Received Allowances Before Eid al-Fitr
Jakarta – The Deputy Chair of Commission VIII of the House of Representatives from the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) faction, Abidin Fikri, stated that the Ministry of Religious Affairs (Kemenag) has distributed Professional Teacher Allowances (TPG) to madrasah teachers before Eid al-Fitr 1447 AH.
The payment addresses the insistence of Commission VIII that the welfare rights of madrasah educators be fulfilled on time, to prevent social unrest ahead of the 2026 Eid celebration.
Abidin Fikri declared that the allowance disbursement demonstrates the government’s commitment to maintaining the welfare of approximately 405,438 madrasah teachers through accelerated data verification using the Educator and Educational Personnel Management Information System (SIMPATIKA).
“Timely payment before Eid al-Fitr demonstrates the Ministry of Religious Affairs’ responsiveness to the aspirations of Parliament and madrasah teachers who have long relied on meagre honorariums,” Abidin stated in a press release on Tuesday, 17 March 2026.
He also urged Kemenag to maintain this momentum for subsequent disbursement phases.
The Professional Teacher Allowance from Kemenag is provided not only to madrasah teachers and Islamic Religious Education instructors but also to Christian, Catholic, Hindu, and Buddhist religious education teachers.
Abidin noted that for Islamic Religious Education teachers, 209,324 individuals received the allowance, including 91,028 Islamic Religious Education teachers and supervisors who completed Teacher Professional Education (PPG) in 2025.
For Christian Religious Education teachers, 5,606 non-civil service teachers and 9,893 teachers who graduated from PPG in 2025 also received the allowance.
For Catholic Religious Education teachers, 12,400 allowance recipients comprised 8,568 civil service teachers and 3,832 non-civil service teachers, including 5,972 teachers who graduated from PPG in 2025.
“Commission VIII of the House of Representatives will continue to conduct careful oversight of the implementation of TPG payments to religious education and madrasah teachers by the Ministry of Religious Affairs, to ensure timely disbursement, particularly ahead of Eid al-Fitr,” Abidin added.
The Director General of Islamic Education at Kemenag, Suyitno, explained that outstanding allowances were due to ongoing administrative processes.
“No, there is no connection to that. So, regarding TPG, it is solely because of administrative procedures,” Suyitno said when met after a gathering with journalists at the Ministry of Religious Affairs office in Central Jakarta on Thursday, 5 March 2026.
For this reason, Suyitno firmly stated that the Madrasah Modernisation Programme (MBG) was unrelated to TPG for madrasah teachers for January and February 2026 that had not yet been paid.
“There is no connection to that, period,” Suyitno emphasised.