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Contract teachers pin their hopes on one last civil service recruitment drive
Govt opens up last chance for 758,000 contract teachers to be recruited as civil servants this year, as it looks to remove contract workers from its payroll starting from 2023.
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ith the government looking to oust contract workers from its civil service payroll starting next year, contract-based teachers, who have long suffered from low wages, a lack of career development and the inability to access welfare benefits, fear for their futures.
Contract teachers often start their careers in the hopes that they can eventually become civil servants through the government’s annual civil service recruitment intake, either through the candidate civil servants (CPNS) test or as contract-based government employees (PPPK).
Being a civil servant allows for better pay, health benefits and greater job security.
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However, problems surrounding the recruitment drive continue to persist, often resulting in contract teachers not being able to take up a civil service position, despite years of service.
Last year’s recruitment drive, for instance, promised 1 million slots, but the quota was then cut by half. This resulted in only around 293,000 contract teachers passing the recruitment process.
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