HNW Urges Equal Opportunity for Madrasah PPPK Teachers in Civil Service Selection

Deputy Speaker of the People’s Consultative Assembly Hidayat Nur Wahid has expressed support for the government’s plan to resolve the status of part-time government employees under work agreements by converting them to full-time PPPK in 2027. He also urged that PPPK teachers, including madrasah teachers, be given equal opportunity to take part in the civil servant selection process.

According to HNW, the policy must be implemented on the principle of fairness so that no group of educators is left behind. He welcomed the commitment of Religious Affairs Minister Professor Nasaruddin Umar, who stated that madrasah teachers have been included in the government’s calculations and simulations regarding the resolution of PPPK status.

HNW believes this commitment needs to be realised promptly through concrete steps. He said madrasah teachers play an important role in the national education system and therefore need certainty of status and improved welfare.

“We certainly welcome the government’s commitment to resolve PPPK status, including the opportunity for PPPK teachers to take part in the civil servant selection. But for the sake of fairness, madrasah teachers must also be ensured to be included. Therefore, the Religious Affairs Ministry must truly prepare, fight for and oversee this so that madrasah teachers get the same opportunity,” he said in a written statement on Sunday.

The Prosperous Justice Party lawmaker said attention to teachers, including madrasah teachers, is part of the constitutional mandate. He referred to Article 31 paragraph (1) of the 1945 Constitution, which states that every citizen has the right to education.

In addition, Article 31 paragraph (3) of the 1945 Constitution mandates the government to organise a single national education system that enhances faith, piety and noble character in order to educate the life of the nation.

“Of course, in the context of the Constitution, madrasahs are part of the national education system and madrasah teachers are an important part of the effort to educate the nation. Therefore, there must be no injustice in providing certainty and appreciation to the teachers. Madrasah teachers should also prepare themselves and prove their worthiness to be appointed as civil servants by achieving the best results in the relevant process or test,” he stressed.

HNW believes the government needs to immediately follow up on the commitment to resolve PPPK status with clear policies. The government has previously stated that there are 955,245 teachers with PPPK status and 231,246 part-time PPPK teachers, while the projected national teacher requirement reaches 526,689 positions.

“If the government already has calculations and simulations and has stated that part-time PPPK can become full-time in 2027, and PPPK teachers are also given the opportunity to take part in the civil servant selection, then we hope this will be realised soon. And no madrasah teacher should be left behind and unable to take part in this golden opportunity,” he added.

He asked the Religious Affairs Ministry to continue coordinating with the Ministry of State Apparatus Empowerment and Bureaucratic Reform and the Ministry of Finance so that the resolution of madrasah teacher status can proceed in a real and fair manner. According to him, certainty of status for madrasah teachers is part of the effort to appreciate their role in educating the nation’s generation.

“The Religious Affairs Ministry must fight for madrasah teachers in earnest. Moreover, the fact is that madrasah teachers, like other teachers, carry out the duty and mandate of educating Indonesian children, teaching knowledge as well as faith, piety and noble character, which is very much identified with madrasah teachers,” he said.

HNW stressed that providing madrasah teachers with the opportunity to obtain certainty of status is part of the effort to deliver a just education policy. According to him, the state needs to ensure that all educators receive equal opportunities in accordance with their contributions.

“So if the state is present to provide certainty of civil servant status to general teachers, it should also do so for madrasah teachers. And that is an important part of carrying out the constitutional mandate fairly to advance Indonesian education that upholds religious values, through the reassuring fairness provided by the government to teachers, including madrasah teachers,” HNW concluded.