"This year, approximately 598,000 teachers participated in PPG," the ministry's director general of teacher and educational staff, Nunuk Suryani, stated on Thursday.
Nationally, there are about 3 million teachers, of whom roughly 1.3 million, or 44.96 percent, are certified.
Approximately 1.6 million teachers remain uncertified. However, only 1.2 million of these are eligible for the PPG certification program due to incomplete undergraduate education.
According to Suryani, 713,582 teachers have yet to participate in the certification program's selection process. The ministry hopes they will enroll in 2025.
Upon achieving the certification target, the ministry will increase the budget from 50 trillion rupiahs to 70 trillion rupiahs for allowances for certified teachers.
Earlier, Muhammad Nur Purnamasidi, a member of the House of Representatives' Commission X, emphasized that the issuance of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology Minister's Regulation Number 19 of 2024 on PPG marks a significant step toward accelerating teacher certification.
He noted that this is crucial to prevent the devaluation of the teaching profession relative to other occupations and to address the potential "teacher crisis" in the country.
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