Non-Civil Servant Teachers Banned from Teaching by 2027, DPR Member: They Are Not Temporary Staff!

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - A member of Commission II of the House of Representatives from the Gerindra faction, Azis Subekti, has emphasised that non-civil servant (non-ASN) teachers are not temporary staff. According to him, the uncertainty faced by non-ASN teachers, who will be banned from teaching in public schools by 2027, is not merely a technical civil service issue but a constitutional matter, one of justice, and how the state interprets their role in education. “The state must not forget that non-ASN teachers are the foundation of education, not temporary staff,” Azis stated in his remarks on Monday (4/5/2026). He noted that they are present not because the system is ideal, but because the state has not yet fully ensured that every child receives decent education. However, ironically, these non-ASN teachers live in uncertainty. “Many of them receive incomes far below the standard, even as low as around Rp300,000 per month. Other surveys show that 42 percent of teachers earn below Rp2 million, and some even below Rp500,000. In some regions, their salaries are delayed for months, and there are even cases of unilateral dismissals without clear certainty,” he said. Yet, the state has laid a very strong foundation in its constitution, where every citizen has the right to education, the state is obliged to finance it, and the state must prioritise at least 20 percent of the national budget for education. However, according to Azis, this constitutional mandate will never be complete if teachers do not receive certainty and protection. “Normatively, the state has never considered teachers as temporary staff. But in practice, some of them are treated otherwise,” Azis stressed. This is because more than 544,000 teachers have been appointed as PPPK in recent years. Nevertheless, Azis conveyed that this figure has not yet addressed the entire problem. “There are still hundreds of thousands to millions of non-ASN teachers who have not received status certainty, especially due to data issues, limited formations, and policy asynchrony between central and regional governments,” he explained.