Transition in Non-Civil Servant Teacher Restructuring Urged Not to Compromise Education Services

JAKARTA - The Chair of House Commission X, Hetifah Sjaifudian, has called on the government not to compromise the quality of education amid the transition in restructuring non-civil servant (non-ASN) teachers.

This was stated in response to the issuance of Circular Letter (SE) No. 7 of 2026 from the Minister of Basic and Secondary Education (Mendikdasmen).

“Restructuring the system is indeed necessary to clarify the status and management of educators. However, the most important thing is to ensure that the transition process runs fairly and does not compromise the quality of education services,” Hetifah said in her statement, quoted on Monday (11/5/2026).

She assessed that the policy actually creates certainty in the status and management of teachers to make it better.

However, Hetifah reminded that there are 1.6 million non-ASN teachers who are an important part of Indonesia’s education system.

Without anticipatory steps from the government, Hetifah said, many schools will face teacher shortages if there is no large-scale recruitment of ASN and PPPK.

“Many schools to this day still rely on non-ASN teachers. If this transition is not prepared well, we are concerned that school operations could be disrupted and ultimately students will be the most affected,” Hetifah said.

Therefore, she encouraged mapping of teacher needs so that their distribution is more accurate and considers the real conditions in each region.

“We cannot view education issues uniformly. There are areas that relatively have enough teachers, but many regions are highly dependent on non-ASN personnel to keep the teaching and learning process running,” Hetifah said.

In addition, she urged the acceleration of ASN and part-time PPPK recruitment as a transitional scheme from the implementation of the SE.

“Education is a basic service that must not be disrupted due to policy transitions. Teachers must be protected, and students must continue to receive optimal education services,” Hetifah said.