Only a month left, the government is moving quickly to make people's schools a reality

JAKARTA, KOMPAS - The implementation of the people's school is just one month away if everything goes according to plan. The government is urging all parties involved to act swiftly so that this flagship program of President Prabowo Subianto can be launched in July 2025.

The Deputy Minister of Social Affairs, Agus Jabo Priyono, urged all ministries, agencies, and regional governments involved in the task force to coordinate more swiftly in realizing the people's school. This task force was established based on Presidential Instruction (Inpres) Number 8 of 2025 concerning the Optimization of Poverty Alleviation and the Elimination of Extreme Poverty.

"I urge everyone to continue to synergize so that the targets we have planned can be achieved, allowing for the opening and inauguration by the President in July," said Agus in a statement, quoted on Wednesday (11/6/2025).

President Prabowo has ordered that 100 locations for community schools will begin to open in July 2025. This year's openings will be conducted in stages, with the distribution of 63 locations in the first phase and 37 locations in the second phase.

In the first phase, most of the locations for the people's schools will utilize centers owned by the Ministry of Social Affairs. Agus assured that the services at the centers will not be disrupted by the activities of the people's schools.

The Ministry of Social Affairs is opening job vacancies for 1,554 teachers to be placed in 100 public schools.

He requested that state-owned enterprises, particularly PLN and Telkom, promptly arrange the electricity and internet networks in the Ministry of Social Affairs centers. This is to anticipate the additional needs for the community schools.

The total number of learning groups for the first phase is 396 groups, with a total of 9,780 students consisting of elementary, middle, and high school levels. They come from families in the 1st and 2nd decile groups according to the national socioeconomic single data (DTSEN) integrated with the basic education data (dapodik).

The first decile group consists of households that fall within the lowest 10 percent of welfare levels nationally, while the second decile group includes households ranked in the 11th to 20th lowest percent.

Agus revealed that the people's school to be opened this July is temporary. The permanent people's school is one for which the land is prepared by the local government.

"Therefore, we request the provincial, district, and city governments to prepare a minimum of 8.5 hectares of land for permanent community schools," he stated.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Social Affairs is opening vacancies for 1,554 positions of first-level expert functional teachers to be placed in 100 locations of community schools in the first phase. The main requirement to participate in this selection is to possess a Teacher Professional Education (PPG) certificate.

The Secretary General of the Ministry of Social Affairs, Robben Rico, explained that graduates of the Teacher Professional Education (PPG) who are eligible to participate in the selection are those who have undergone a series of selections for Civil Servants (ASN) Government Employees with Work Agreements (PPPK) in 2024. Those who pass the selection will be appointed as ASN PPPK Functional Positions (PPPK JF) under the auspices of the Ministry of Social Affairs.

"They will receive a basic salary, teacher professional allowance, performance allowance, and special training as public school teachers," said Robben.

Another requirement that must be met is to be an Indonesian citizen who is devoted to God Almighty, aged a minimum of 20 years and a maximum of 45 at the time of being appointed as a prospective teacher candidate, has never been sentenced to prison, is not a member or administrator of a political party, or involved in practical politics.

Furthermore, a minimum of a bachelor's degree (S-1) or a four-year diploma (D-IV) with a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.00 is required, along with active English language proficiency, possession of a teaching certificate through the Pre-Service Teacher Education Program (PPG Prajabatan) or the Prospective Teacher Education Program (PPG Calon Guru), as well as being physically and mentally healthy.

The selection of candidates for the people's school teachers by the Ministry of Education and Culture will be held from June 10 to June 12, 2025. Subsequently, the announcement of the candidates for the people's school teachers by the Ministry of Education and Culture will take place on June 16, 2025.

"Furthermore, an additional selection will be conducted to obtain the best teachers who will educate and guide the children in this People's School. Certainly, the Ministry of Social Affairs will assist in the additional selection process," he stated.

Prospective teachers can register online through the Kemensos application on June 16-17, 2025. The announcement of the additional competency selection schedule will be made on June 18, 2025. The implementation of the additional competency selection for prospective teachers by Kemensos will take place from June 19 to June 23, 2025.

The announcement schedule for the PPPK JF School Teacher by the Ministry of Social Affairs will take place on June 30, 2025. The appointment of the PPPK JF School Teacher will be conducted in July 2025.

The Director General of Teachers, Educational Personnel, and Teacher Education at the Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education, Nunuk Suryani, confirmed that the fulfillment of the needs for teachers in community schools will not be carried out through the redistribution of teachers from other schools, as the areas designated for potential community school locations generally still face a shortage of teachers.

"The locations of the public schools do not have an excess of teachers. So they cannot be moved, the ASN go there," said Nunuk.