Teachers seek higher incentives

Teachers seek higher incentives

TANGERANG: The Tangerang educational office proposed to the
municipal council on Friday a 1,000 percent increase in monthly
incentive payments for its employees, including teachers.

In a hearing with the legislative council here head of the
educational office Harry Mulya Zain said that the proposed
increase would be applied only this year, starting September.

"It will apply to all teachers of both state and private
elementary schools, junior and senior high schools, as well as
school employees, including school keepers," Harry told reporters
after the hearing. He did not explain why his office had demanded
the increase start in September, but said that there would be
another plan for next year.

He said that should the council approve the proposal each
school principal would receive a new monthly incentive payment of
Rp 100,000, while teachers and clerical staff would receive Rp
75,000 each and a school keeper Rp 50,000.

The municipality now has 8,000 teachers at 415 elementary
schools and 5,000 others working for 200 state and private junior
and senior high schools.

Separately, a teacher at state senior high school in Suka Asih
subdistrict welcomed the proposal, saying that the administration
should heed teachers' complaints. --JP