House Commission X Urges Single-Channel Teacher Recruitment via CPNS

Jakarta (ANTARA) - Deputy Chairman of Commission X of the Indonesian House of Representatives, Lalu Hadrian Irfani, has urged the government to undertake a total reform of national teacher governance by abolishing teacher cluster schemes and implementing teacher recruitment solely through the Candidate Civil Servant (CPNS) pathway.

He assessed that the multi-scheme policy for teacher appointments has thus far caused various problems in the field, both through the Government Employee with Work Agreement (PPPK) scheme and Part-Time PPPK (P3K PW). This, he said, has led to overlapping regulations, status uncertainties, and treatment deemed discriminatory towards educators.

“It is time for the government to carry out a comprehensive overhaul of teacher governance in Indonesia. The current teacher cluster system, including PPPK and Part-Time PPPK, must be abolished and merged into a single national civil service system through the CPNS pathway,” Lalu stated in Jakarta on Monday.

On the other hand, he conveyed that many PPPK teachers in various regions are still experiencing delays in salary payments and other rights due to weak coordination in governance between the central and local governments.

To that end, he requested that President Prabowo Subianto take firm action by revoking Ministerial Decision of PANRB Number 16 of 2025 on Part-Time PPPK, while halting teacher recruitment through that scheme.

He assessed that all future teacher governance must be under the control of the central government so that the recruitment process, distribution, career development, and teacher welfare can run more integrated and evenly.

“Teachers are the foundation of the nation’s future, so the state must be present with a fair and certain system,” he said.

He also hopes that the abolition of teacher clusters and the implementation of a single national recruitment system through CPNS can become a long-term solution to improve the fate of teachers in Indonesia, while enhancing national education quality.