Deputy Speaker of Parliament Committed to Advancing Madrasah Teachers to PPPK Status
Mataram — Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives Sari Yuliati has reaffirmed her commitment to championing the aspirations of private madrasah teachers to be appointed as Government Employees with Work Agreements (PPPK).
“I received the peaceful demonstration from private madrasah teachers directly. They are my extended family. I also studied at a madrasah, so I fully understand their feelings,” she said during a Ramadan Safari event with the Extended Family of the Regional Office of the Ministry of Religion for West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) on Saturday evening.
She stated that her commitment is sincere, particularly given that she personally led a meeting with representatives of private madrasah teachers from across Indonesia at the House of Representatives building.
The aspirations relate to demands for the appointment of private madrasah teachers to PPPK status as well as improvements to the professional allowance payment system for teachers.
From that meeting, parliament gave affirmative support to the demand for private madrasah teachers to be appointed to PPPK. However, the process requires coordination across multiple ministries, including the Ministry of Religion, Ministry of State Apparatus Empowerment and Bureaucratic Reform (PAN-RB), the Civil Service Commission (BKN), and the Ministry of Finance.
“So, we cannot do this alone. Coordination across sectors with the government is necessary,” she said.
Yuliati emphasised that parliament has pushed the Ministry of Religion to promptly coordinate meetings among relevant ministries and agencies to accelerate the realisation of this policy. She even stated her readiness to assume coordination responsibilities if necessary.
Besides PPPK appointments, the House of Representatives member representing the West Nusa Tenggara Lombok District 2 noted that the issue of teacher professional allowance payments also requires attention.
“Based on clarifications from the Directorate General of Islamic Education, the policy has political and budgetary support; what is needed is acceleration of technical implementation,” she said.
Meanwhile, the Head of the Regional Office of the Ministry of Religion for NTB, Zamroni Aziz, stated his readiness to follow up on directives from the parliament leadership and the Central Ministry of Religion to propose private madrasah teachers for appointment to PPPK specifically in NTB.
“We have already coordinated with the Directorate General of Islamic Education and the Secretary General of the Ministry of Religion to prepare data that will be submitted to the Ministry of PAN-RB, BKN, and the Ministry of Finance. The aspirations of private madrasah teachers are currently under discussion,” he said.
He noted that on Lombok Island alone there are more than 2,000 madrasahs, both public and private. From that total, each madrasah has between 10 and 15 private teachers.
“We calculate that this could reach approximately 25,000 to 35,000 people. Most have already been certified and gone through inpassing,” he said.