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View all search resultsAs the country celebrates National Teachers’ Day on Thursday, educators are calling on the government to pay more attention to the mounting issues that the profession faces, many of which have been exacerbated by the pandemic, from a lack of online education support to welfare issues.
Education should follow developments in the world and teachers, as the catalyst of change in the education system, must follow their passion, in turn inspiring students to be curious and creative in navigating the future, education experts have said.
The coalition has received numerous reports from students and parents about health protocol violations at schools in the past month, including the lack of mandatory sanitation facilities and teachers not wearing masks during class.
More than a year since the government imposed an online learning policy, it is pushing for the resumption of offline schooling for kindergartens and early childhood education. But are all stakeholders – schools, teachers, parents and students – ready for this?
The government is moving to recruit 1 million contract teachers this year after suspending civil service entrance exams despite objections the teachers have been raising since last year. But a recent statement from National Civil Service Agency (BKN) head Bima Haria Wibisana has now sparked yet another concern -- that the government would permanently stop recruiting civil servant teachers.
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