Structuring Teachers Do More Urgent

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, PURBALINGGA - The issue of the problem of shortage of teachers, the possibility is not entirely true.
Priority USAID Governance Specialist, Day Riyadi, argued, fundamental data berdasatkan education (Dapondik) in the Ministry of Education of Indonesia, Indonesia experienced a surplus.
"It's not much, only about 500 excess teachers. But this shows that we are not a shortage of teachers," he said, in Purbalingga, Friday (19/7).
Based on this data, if mentioned in one area there is a shortage of teachers, it is actually happening is more due to the uneven distribution of teachers in various regions.
In some schools there is a shortage of teachers, but in others there are kebelihan sokolah teacher. To that end, the best solution to overcome this problem, is to do the arrangement and distribution of teachers.
Teachers in an excessive amount of school, moved to schools that lack teachers. With the redistribution of teachers, students are expected to be served with the maximum.
"Structuring the teacher actually not always the redeployment of teachers, but could have increased mobility. So the teacher can teach in several schools at once," he said.
But structuring and equity is not without consequences. Not easy to persuade teachers to move to rural areas. Even in the equalization program previously dulakukan teachers in Gorontalo, there are teachers who are going to PTUN-right incumbent since moved to schools in remote areas.
"There is a view, teachers transferred to other schools especially in rural areas, are usually involved in the case, no problem. Nah this is now to be straightened. Teachers move was not for the benefit of teachers, but the orientation must be directed to the interests of students," he said.
Day explained, the conditions in Purbalingga, the education budget is allocated in the budget, is already quite high. Namely, reaching 48 percent of the budget. But 48 percent of the budget funds allocated for education, 87 percent is used to pay teachers.
"So if the issue of teacher shortages developed, and anticipated by adding a teacher, this will only further burden the budget," he said.
Therefore, the most appropriate step is to equitable distribution of teachers. With the equity, then there is no longer a shortage of teachers teaching hours.
Thus, this distribution also improve the welfare of teachers, because teaching hours were crucial credit score and also allowance for rank certification.
In front of the relevant officials in the Regency Purbalingga, Today show video success of the arrangement and distribution of teachers in Gorontalo and Purworedjo. In those districts, managed to maintain equity structuring teacher education quality and disparities number of rural and urban teachers can be minimized.
"And most importantly, the efficiency of the budget will be felt. Budget can be maximized for operating costs and improving the quality of education," he asserted.

Reporter: Eko Widiyatno
Editor: Djibril Muhammad