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VOL. 4, ISSUE 7 (2017)
Desperate needs of teacher’s law protection as a professional educator in Indonesia
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Sapto Budoyo, Gunarto, Jawade Hafidz
Abstract
The position of teachers is very important in the constellation of the education system especially in developing countries such as Indonesia, but in fact many teachers are involved in criminal cases with respect to Law no. 23 of 2002 on Child Protection as amended by Act no. 35 Year 2014, especially in schools as seen in a case study data from the Central Java Teachers' Consultation and Legal Aid Institute (LKBH PGRI) obtained by the authors in the Pre-Research stage, within the period of 2011 to 2016 there are quite a number of criminal cases Involving teachers as defendants. It was noted that in Central Java alone LKBH PGRI handled 11 cases with teachers as defendants and 1 case with suspect status.
The reasearch showed that Legal protection of teacher as professional educator as mandated by Law no. Law No. 14 Year 2005 on Teachers and Lecturers has not been able to protect teachers because when teachers are faced with Law no. 23 of 2002 on Child Protection as amended by Act no. 35. 2014. Teachers who take "certain" physical actions on students in their duties as educators may be legally questioned if they are violating the provisions of the Child Protection Act. there has been many teachers who have to deal with the police, face trial in court or even incarcerated because of this.
To overcome this, suggestions that can be given in addition to organizational strengthening (teacher organization) is the need for socialization of the rights of teachers owned both to teachers and the community as well as the need for immunity (legal immunity) rights regulated by Law, which aims to ensure that teachers get protection when disciplining their students in implementing national educational goals set in the National Education System Year 2003, Teachers and Lecturers Law No. 14 of 2005, and Government Regulation No. 74 of 2008 on teachers.
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Pages:191-195
How to cite this article:
Sapto Budoyo, Gunarto, Jawade Hafidz "Desperate needs of teacher’s law protection as a professional educator in Indonesia". International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Development, Vol 4, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 191-195
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