Indonesia Ministry Urges Teacher Needs Balance Amid Non-Civil Servant Abolition

Indonesia's Ministry of Administrative Reform and Bureaucracy is pushing the Ministry of Education to establish a clear balance of teacher needs. This initiative comes as the government moves to abolish non-civil servant teacher positions.

Minister Rini Widyantini emphasized the need for the Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education to re-verify its data. This validation process, using the Dapodik data, aims to prevent teacher shortages. "We are very concerned about this and I hope that the Ministry of Education can build its teacher needs balance and it can be calculated," Rini stated on June 11, 2026, in Jakarta.

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We are very concerned about this and I hope that the Ministry of Education can build its teacher needs balance and it can be calculated.

The government is currently developing a selection scheme to transition non-civil servant teachers into permanent civil servant (PNS) or fixed-term contract (PPPK) roles. This process is mandated by Law Number 20 of 2023 on State Civil Apparatus, which requires the restructuring of non-civil servant personnel to be completed by December 2024. Despite this, 237,196 non-civil servant teachers remain active as of December 31, 2026.

Each selection scheme has its considerations. The PNS route considers age limits, while the PPPK scheme acknowledges the 2021 appointment of PPPK teachers, many of whom were over 35. The Ministry of Administrative Reform and Bureaucracy will make the final decision on the scheme, with the goal of appointing all contract teachers as civil servants.

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Is it PNS, or is it PPPK. This is being drafted.