Thu, 10 Dec 2015

In an effort to improve teaching quality, Indonesia’s government is considering changing how teachers are employed.

The Jakarta Post has reported that the Indonesian government is considering hiring teachers on contracts rather than as civil servants in the hope that it would encourage new teachers to perform more efficiently and effectively. 

The theory behind the idea is that teachers who performed well would be more likely to get their contracts extended. A representative of the culture and educations ministry said this would provide “a stick-and-carrot mechanism”.

The move would also increase protection for ‘honorary teachers’, who are recruited directly by schools rather than through the government and are often underpaid.

The new recruitment system could be implemented next year.