Dozens of auxiliary teachers protested in front of City Hall on Thursday demanding the Jakarta administration give them another chance to take the entrance test to become government employees.

There were 71 auxiliary teachers who failed the Computer Assisted Test because they failed to complete all the administrative requirements last year. They blamed the city administration for discriminating against them regarding their certificates of education, coordinator of the auxiliary teachers Fauzi said. 

“Some of the teachers who have passed the test have the same educational certificate. We studied at the same university, school and class” Fauzi said at City Hall on Thursday.

The protesters demanded the Jakarta Employment Agency or BKD to re-verify their data as the test participants and immediately let them re-sit the test. The teachers also demanded BKD chief Agus  Suradika resign for his incompetence.

Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama urged the auxiliary teachers to be patient as the administration needed time to verify their data. Processing the requirements took a long time, Ahok said, asking the teachers to not rashly accuse the BKD.

The city administration regulates auxiliary teachers under the 2015 Decree issued by Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform Ministry in 2015. The regulation mandates that  auxiliary teachers be assisted to become official government employees no later than 2017.

"We are committed to helping auxiliary teachers become official government employees ," he said adding that the teachers must also fulfill the necessary administrative requirements set by the city administration. (rin)

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