ANGGANA'S TEACHER SMILE
IN NATIONAL TEACHER'S DAY
25 NOVEMBER 2014
In the Anggana MTQ's Field, the Anggana's teachers have the National Teacher Day Ceremony. The ceremony is held orderly. in this opportunity, the ceremony inspector told the information that the, Culture and Elementary and Secondary Education Ministry is to review teachers’ welfare to boost the quality of education in the country, according to the country’s top education official on Monday.
Teachers’ welfare is one of the main problems in the nation’s education system as teachers — especially those with temporary employment status — earn inadequate salaries. Beside of that, There are temporary teachers who cannot pay for their own child’s tuition. Indonesian Teachers Association (PGRI) former chairman Mr. Sugiyan said another urgent problem was the unequal distribution of teachers. Data from PGRI shows that in 2013 a temporary teacher’s monthly wage ranged from Rp 200,000 (US$17) to Rp 500,000 for working full time and having the exact same job description as a permanent teacher who earned more.
The data also shows that the level of teacher shortages increases every year, with 51,175 teachers in 2010 to 82,684 teachers in 2014 nationwide. Mr. Sugiyan said the improvement programs would focus on individual work assessments and the quality of teachers would be improved through training programs both in classes and online. The teacher-capacity building milestone, which has been in place since 2004, has not yet been able to deliver optimal teacher performance. Individual-based professional services must be reinforced,” he said. Last December, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s (OECD) Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) revealed top performing countries in education, notably in Asia, place great emphasis on teacher development through selecting and training teachers. According to the research, Indonesia has hit a low in its teacher training programs, as there are about 415 pre-service teacher-training institutions, but only 10 percent of them are public institutions. The research also revealed that Indonesian students were ranked the second lowest in 65 countries, worse than the last PISA in 2009, when Indonesia ranked 57th.
The data also shows that the level of teacher shortages increases every year, with 51,175 teachers in 2010 to 82,684 teachers in 2014 nationwide. Mr. Sugiyan said the improvement programs would focus on individual work assessments and the quality of teachers would be improved through training programs both in classes and online. The teacher-capacity building milestone, which has been in place since 2004, has not yet been able to deliver optimal teacher performance. Individual-based professional services must be reinforced,” he said. Last December, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s (OECD) Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) revealed top performing countries in education, notably in Asia, place great emphasis on teacher development through selecting and training teachers. According to the research, Indonesia has hit a low in its teacher training programs, as there are about 415 pre-service teacher-training institutions, but only 10 percent of them are public institutions. The research also revealed that Indonesian students were ranked the second lowest in 65 countries, worse than the last PISA in 2009, when Indonesia ranked 57th.
