State Secretary: National Civil Service Design Undergoing Evaluation
Jakarta — The State Secretary (Mensesneg) Prasetyo Hadi stated that the government is conducting a comprehensive evaluation of the national civil service design and structure as part of efforts to strengthen the implementation of President Prabowo Subianto’s priority programmes.
The State Secretary said this measure was a follow-up to directives issued by the President during a limited meeting held on Sunday, 8 March. All ministries have been tasked with making parallel improvements to their systems.
“In accordance with the President’s guidance, we are all asked to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of our civil service design and structure. In parallel, we are all tasked with making improvements, conducting exercises, and staffing arrangements to implement priority programmes,” said Prasetyo following a coordination meeting at the Ministry of Defence office in Jakarta on Tuesday.
He explained that the evaluation is being conducted across ministries and institutions, involving various stakeholders.
According to Prasetyo, the evaluation covers not only the number of civil servants but also composition, distribution, and alignment of expertise with government priority programmes.
In the education sector, the government has requested the Minister of Primary and Secondary Education to redesign the requirements for teaching personnel, including distribution and subjects needed going forward.
Meanwhile, in the healthcare sector, the government highlighted continued shortages of medical personnel in various regions, particularly in disadvantaged, frontier, and outermost areas (3T).
Of approximately 10,000 health centres across Indonesia, around 4,000 still lack doctors or dentists.
“We request continued identification of our civil service design at the national level,” he said.
Attending the coordination meeting were, among others, the Minister of Interior Tito Karnavian, the Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology Brian Yuliarto, the Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries Sakti Wahyu Trenggono, and the Minister of State Apparatus Empowerment and Bureaucratic Reform Rini Widyantini, Deputy Minister of Cooperatives Farida Farichah, and Deputy Minister of Defence Donny Ermawan.