JAKARTA: Rahima, 32, has been a tutor for nine times in Alor, an area in Indonesia’s East Nusa Tenggara province.
She works five days a week as an honorary teacher at a public elementary school, earning only about 300,000 rupees ( US$ 18.50 ) per month.  ,
Honorary teachers are generally given the same duties as full-time teachers and are given an stipend based on the number of hours they work.  ,
Rahima earns a fraction of the provincial minimum wage, which is about 2.3 million dirhams, and she makes money from candlenuts and coffee on her time away.
With the start of President Prabowo Subianto’s pay increase starting this month, Rahima may see a pay increase of 2 million rupees per month.
During a ceremony celebrating National Teachers ‘ Day on November 28, Prabowo announced a 100 percent basic wage increase for state professors and a 2 million ringgit allowance for part-time teachers in state schools.
The salary adjustment, he said, would require an additional 16.7 trillion rupiah, bringing the total teachers ‘ welfare budget to 81.6 trillion rupiah ( US$ 5.1 billion ) in 2025, news outlet Jakarta Globe reported.
Jokowi wants more money for other types of employees, but not just teachers.  ,
The typical national minimum wage will increase by 6.5 % in 2025, Prabowo announced in a statement a day after the Teachers ‘ Day event. Recently, regions set their own least regular salary.  ,
According to Prabowo, the “particular value” of worker security is” a very important social safety net for employees who have worked for less than 12 times, taking into account the need for a good living.”  ,
The higher minimum wage aims to “increase employees ‘ buying power, while also paying attention to our company competitiveness”, he added.