Kompas 22-10-2007

We Must Still dreaming
Suparman
Not many people know, even to most teachers in the amount more than 2.7 million people, that each Oct. 5 in the world diperingati as the World Teachers' Day (World Teachers' Day). Why Oct. 5?
Oct. 5 is the date of issuing the recommendation concerning the Status of Teachers by the Organization of Education, Science, Culture and the United Nations (UNESCO), and the International Labor Organization (ILO) conference in a special antarpemerintah, precisely in 1966.
Recommendations that contains 13 chapters and 146 articles. This is the first time provisions in the world that set the problem of teachers. Interesting, because it has been a long time, namely 41 years ago, UNESCO and the ILO as the two international bodies that deal with teachers from the personnel and employment of teachers have been placed in a strategic position and dignity. Despite the strategic position in several important articles.
Free from discrimination
Article 7, for example, recommends that all aspects of preparation and work of teachers should be free from any form of discrimination, including race, color, sex, religion, political opinion, national origin / social, or economic discrimination.
To prepare candidates on the teachers and concentrate fully on teaching, Article 16 recommended that each government seeks to establish a system of institutions preparing teachers for free, even recommended that prospective teachers get students the financial assistance is still adequate when the education of teachers.
Recommendations from the Article 45 and 46 also explain the need to guarantee stability and job tenure for teachers in running the duty and giving adequate protection to teachers from the despotic actions that affect the position of the profession and career teachers.
Meanwhile, in Article 50 also require issuing recommendations to the rights of teachers to obtain complete information about the accusations-accusations that he was given the cause of sanctions, even the right to defend itself and be defended by representatives of the ditunjuknya and provided enough time to make a defense. Prior to impose sanctions to discipline teachers, the authorities must first consult with organizations of teachers who interpret them as members.



Teachers fixed / full-time teachers with no fixed / part time / honorarium has tested the right to obtain the same proportionally, the same rights to enjoy the basic conditions of work, holiday rights, sick holidays, holiday birth, including social security and pension (Article 60).
Academic freedom
There are also recommendations, which states that teachers should enjoy academic freedom in performing their duties. In fact, the supervision of the teachers can not reduce academic freedom, initiative, and the responsibility of the teacher. Rating supervision that can be felt not just by teachers rejected by appeal (Article 61.63, and 64).
Organizations teachers also recommended as a force that can contribute to the advancement of education, therefore, must be included in the determination of educational policy (Article 9).
These organizations recommended for a role in the negotiations in the determination of wages and working conditions of teachers. Article 82 states, better wages and working conditions of teachers shall be determined through negotiation between the organizations of teachers and the school authorities. This includes the determination of the number of required hours of work for teachers that can be done in consultation with teachers' organizations (Article 89).
Teachers also have the right to become members of organizations and managers were given permission to miss any time with the full payment, which makes able to participate in the activities of organizations (Article 99).
Health teachers also receive attention. Article 53 recommendations mentioned, the teachers must be required to undergo periodic health checks, which must be provided free. Even when sick teachers are entitled to obtain permission to remain full payment (Article 101 paragraph 1). Not only permit sick, teachers also have the right to consent to the personal reasons which remain adequate to obtain full payment (Article 100).
This penggajian
Article 115 gives a guide to every government that the determination of salaries to teachers' salaries should reveal the importance of the teaching function, compare with the salaries paid to other jobs that require the same qualifications, provides tools for teachers to ensure a decent standard of living for teachers and their families.
Related to this is also including interest savings for teachers to the interests of sustainability education, cultural activities, and to increase interest profesionalismenya, and see the position of teachers and the high amount of responsibility.
Salary increases should also be calculated each year (Article 121). One of the things that are not allowed in the determination of the salary of teachers is it to the assessment of the quality of teachers as it is incompatible with the nature of the penggajian which essentially is a right that must be accepted as a teacher of workers (Article 124).
All teachers, including teachers who are still in the testing and training, without observing the types of schools are entitled to social security for themselves and their families.
Paragraph 1 of Article 126 states, teachers must be protected by the rules of social security on all possibilities including that in the Convention on Social Security (minimum standards) ILO 1952, the medical care benefits, health benefits, age (men aged more) , Work accident insurance, family allowances, maternity benefits, accident allowance, disability allowance, and allowances for those who are not affected.



UNESCO and ILO recommendations on the Status of Teachers has put teachers on a very important position. Wajarlah if the moment is defined by UNESCO as World Teachers' Day.
It seems we still have a dream that government policies such as the birth of diidealkan in the recommendations for teachers in the whole country, in state schools and private.
However, the dream does not mean reducing the work of teachers. Happy World Teachers' Day.
Suparman, Chairman of the General Federation of Independent Teachers Indonesia / FGII