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Two freelance teachers take turns to teach two classes filled with students from grade 1 to 6. (JP/Sigit Pamungkas)
T
he government, taking heed of strong objections from outer regions, has rescinded a controversial plan to withdraw its teachers on loan to private schools.
Education and Culture Minister Muhadjir Effendy said in Jakarta on Monday that the withdrawal of state teachers would cause serious disruption in remote areas like Papua, where on-loan teachers account for 90 percent of teaching staff in private schools.
“The government acknowledges the role of private schools in educational development. And we have the responsibility to help them, especially loaning them state teachers if they are in need of more teachers they cannot afford,” Muhadjir said.
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The government’s plan to take away its teachers and reassign them to state schools as part of a national redistribution effort have met resistance from eastern regions, where private schools do not have the financial means to recruit their own teachers.
Muhadjir said that private schools formed the backbone of vocational education in Indonesia because 70 percent of the country’s vocational schools were private. (hol/wit)
