FSGI Urges Local Governments to Ensure Data on Honorary Teachers for Part-Time PPPK Positions

The Indonesian Teachers’ Union Federation (FSGI) has urged local governments to ensure the data on non-civil servant teachers or honorary teachers who meet the requirements for status conversion to part-time Government Employees with Work Agreements (PPPK). The data compiled by local governments must also account for the number of teachers retiring based on the subjects they teach. FSGI Expert Council Chair Retno Listyarti stated that local government data on honorary teachers must be synchronised with data from the Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education and the Ministry of State Apparatus Utilisation and Bureaucratic Reform (PAN-RB). “At the very least, until 2030, the availability of teachers per subject can be anticipated in line with the number entering retirement,” Retno said in her statement to Tempo on Sunday, 10 May 2026. Based on Circular Letter of the Minister of Basic and Secondary Education Number 7 of 2026, local governments are required to reorganise non-civil servant teachers by the end of this year so they can continue serving in 2027 through the part-time PPPK appointment scheme. FSGI has asked the government to ensure local budget capabilities in paying honorary teachers transitioning to part-time PPPK status in accordance with the regional minimum wage, or at least minimising the local contribution. For example, Rp 1 million to Rp 1.5 million from the regional budget, supplemented by school operational assistance funds and educator professional allowances or TPP of Rp 2 million per month. Currently, some honorary teachers in public schools still do not receive TPP because they do not meet the requirements. FSGI has requested that district/city, provincial, and national legislative councils understand the status changes for honorary teachers, including the payment schemes. Retno explained that budgetary functions lie with the legislative bodies. “Everything must be discussed and decided this year, 2026,” she said. FSGI also encourages the Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education to consider the fate of honorary teachers not yet entered into the Education Data Management System (Dapodik) as of 31 December 2024, as their numbers are significant and they are currently teaching in public schools. Retno noted that the ministerial circular only covers teachers in Dapodik. She questioned the fate of honorary teachers not in Dapodik data as of 31 December 2024 but already teaching in public schools. FSGI also pushes the Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education to address the teacher crisis in June-July 2026 due to many retirements. Retno said the education minister’s circular uses the fiscal year cycle, while the school learning cycle uses the academic year. “The critical point actually occurs in June-July when schools enter the new academic year. This needs to be carefully calculated in the data to avoid a teacher crisis in public schools across various regions,” Retno stated. Previously, Minister of Basic and Secondary Education Abdul Mu’ti said the ban on non-civil servant teachers teaching after 30 December 2026 is to provide certainty of status and welfare for teachers. This ban is stipulated in the Minister’s Circular Letter Number 7 of 2026 on the Assignment of Non-Civil Servant Teachers in Educational Units, issued on 23 March 2026. Mu’ti explained that this decision follows the implementation of the 2023 Civil Service Law, which prohibits honorary or non-civil servant personnel from teaching in public schools. According to Mu’ti, this should have been implemented in 2024. However, the policy was delayed due to many unresolved honorary teacher issues, so the minister’s decision banning non-civil servant teachers from teaching in public schools will only apply in 2027.