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Jakarta eyes recruitment drive for laid-off, nonpermanent teachers
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A teacher and her students wear masks during an offline class on April 8, 2022, at SMAN 87 Jakarta senior high school. (Antara/Hafidz Mubarak A)
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he Jakarta administration has promised to offer more long-term and fixed placements for nonpermanent teachers in the city, following recent backlash over the sudden dismissal of over 100 contract educators across different levels of education – from elementary to senior high schools – last week.
The city government found itself in hot water recently after cutting at least 107 contract teachers in an action they called “cleansing” to respond to the 2023 Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) findings about procedural errors in the hiring of these nonpermanent employees.
According to the BPK report, hundreds of contract teachers in the capital were allegedly hired by the principals of their respective state schools without any recommendation from the Jakarta education agency, as required by existing regulations.
The Jakarta administration then decided to cut them off as the new school year started in the middle of July, but without proper notification beforehand – preventing the affected teachers from seeking another job before the holiday ended.
Following a widespread backlash over the sudden dismissal, acting Jakarta governor Heru Budi Hartono assured that the 107 teachers were not laid-off, but would instead be reassigned to other schools lacking manpower.
“We will gather their data and redistribute them to schools that need their expertise,” Heru said on Saturday, as quoted by Kompas.com.
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