DPR Member Proposes Prabowo Make All Teachers Civil Servants

Jakarta - Deputy Chairman of Commission X of the Indonesian House of Representatives, Lalu Hadrian Irfani, has proposed that President Prabowo Subianto appoint all teachers in Indonesia as civil servants (PNS) as a long-term solution to the controversy over the elimination of honorary staff. According to Lalu Hadrian, the government needs to abolish the system of categorising teacher status, which has previously been divided into civil servants (ASN), government employees with work agreements (PPPK), and part-time PPPK. “We ask President Prabowo to eliminate the caste system for teachers. There should no longer be any categorisation of teacher status that causes disparities. In the future, there must be one national teacher status, namely PNS. There will be no more PPPK teachers or part-time PPPK,” said Lalu Hadrian when contacted on Monday (11/5/2026). Therefore, Lalu Hadrian has requested that the central government take over the comprehensive management of teachers, from recruitment to welfare improvement. “If all teachers are recruited through one national system via CPNS, then the distribution of educators, competency development, and teacher welfare will be more measurable and just,” he said. Lalu emphasised that this proposal could also serve as a solution to the government’s plan to eliminate the status of honorary teachers in public schools starting in 2027. “The Ministry of State Apparatus Empowerment and Bureaucratic Reform, the National Civil Service Agency, and the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology must synergise to address this teacher status issue. If the name is changed to Non-ASN, ensure that their rights are not neglected. The continuity of status must also be resolved immediately; making them all PNS would certainly be in line with the criteria,” said Lalu Hadrian. According to him, the government must not only focus on changing terms or administrative status but also ensure that teachers’ futures remain guaranteed. Lalu Hadrian believes that unifying teacher status under one national scheme will make education governance more effective and integrated. With that system, the central government is seen as being able to regulate teacher distribution more evenly while ensuring the welfare of educators throughout the regions. “Teachers are the main foundation of Indonesia’s human resource development. Therefore, the state must provide certainty of status, career, and equal welfare for all teachers,” he said.