DPR Deputy Speaker Calls for Teacher Needs Synchronisation Amid School Merger Process

Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives (DPR) Cucun Ahmad Syamsurijal said the government is currently synchronising data on school teacher requirements. This is to determine teacher requirement data as the basis for drafting the Macroeconomic and Fiscal Policy Principles (KEM-PPKF) for the 2027 state budget.

Cucun made the remarks after opening a meeting with National Teachers and Education Personnel (GTKN) and the government at the parliamentary complex in Senayan, Jakarta, on Thursday (9/7/2026). The meeting was attended by Deputy Home Minister Ribka Haluk.

“The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education is currently calculating this together with the Ministry of Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform, in synergy with the Ministry of Home Affairs, which understands the map of teacher requirements in the regions, including the shortage of school principals,” said Cucun.

Cucun explained that the government is in the process of merging schools, particularly primary schools. The exact number of teachers needed in the event of these mergers is also being simulated.

“Teacher requirements are being adjusted to the schools and are being thoroughly inventoried. There are many schools in the regions, and the Ministry of Home Affairs will later determine which of the several hundred thousand schools can be merged,” he said.

“We are continuously simulating this, and the DPR is overseeing it. Because if this is to be decided in 2027, it must be prepared in the KEM-PPKF now,” he added.

Furthermore, Cucun also requested that the appointment status of PPPK teachers be confirmed immediately. He reminded that this should not go beyond September.

“It must not be the case that their status remains unclear after September. So this needs clarity — earlier regarding PPPK, there are two categories, full-time and part-time,” he revealed.