Sri Hartono, the Petitioner in the judicial review of Law No. 14 of 2005 on Teachers and Lecturers, delivering the petition revisions, Monday (7/7/2025). Photo by MKRI/Panji.

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JAKARTA (MKRI) — The Constitutional Court (MK) held the petition revision hearing for the judicial review of Law No. 14 of 2005 on Teachers and Lecturers for case No. 99/PUU-XXIII/2025 on Monday, July 7, 2025 in a panel courtroom. The petition was filed by Sri Hartono, a certified civil-servant teacher, who challenges the retirement age for teachers at 60 years of age.

Appearing before the constitutional justices virtually, the Petitioner delivered the revision to the petition’s object, which was previously deemed ambiguous due to inconsistency in the mention of the article under review—sometimes Article 30 paragraph (4), other times Article 40. “My case concerns Article 30 paragraph (4),” he confirmed.

Said article is to be reviewed against Article 28D paragraphs (1) and (2) of the 1945 Constitution. “Therefore, I put the cap to those two articles, Your Honors,” he said.

He also elaborated his legal standing by describing his status as a certified civil-servant teacher.

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At the preliminary hearing on Tuesday, June 24, the Petitioner, who appeared virtually at the hearing, argued that the regulation stipulating a lower retirement age for teachers compared to lecturers contradicts the principle of meritocracy in civil service (ASN) policy. “The provision establishing different retirement ages for teachers and lecturers does not reflect the principle of meritocracy,” he said.

He further emphasized that such disparity not only creates injustice but also fosters social tension between the teaching and academic professions. According to him, mandatory retirement at the age of 60 has had a direct and tangible impact on him, both administratively and psychologically.

He also highlighted the fact that Indonesia is currently facing a shortage of educators, as reported by the Ministry of Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform and the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology. Therefore, enforcing retirement for experienced teachers at 60 years of age is seen as counterproductive to the Government’s efforts to strengthen the quality of human resources in the education sector.

For these reasons, Sri Hartono requested that the Constitutional Court declare the provision regulating the retirement age for teachers in the Teacher and Lecturer Law unconstitutional and not legally binding unless interpreted to mean that the retirement age for teachers should be equal to that of lecturers at 65 years.

Author         : Utami Argawati
Editor          : N. Rosi
PR               : Raisa Ayuditha Marsaulina
Translator     : Yuniar Widiastuti (NL)

Disclaimer: The original version of the news is in Indonesian. In case of any differences between the English and the Indonesian versions, the Indonesian version will prevail.

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