The Urgency of Pontianak Local Public Policy in Emboding Legal Protection Against Teacher

Abstract

Teacher is one of the most important figures in education, who do not get protection in reality, especially optimal legal protection from government. The empirical fact showed that there were criminalizations in performing their duties professionally. The obligation is to provide teacher’s legal protection in performing their professional duties, especially by government, both central and local government. It starts through the teachers’ legal protection providing. Although law and the Government Regulation have been published, but law is still unable to provide comprehensive legal protection against teachers substantively. So for that, Pontianak Local Act Draft presence will be legal protection from Local Government to take policy measures of crucial legal protection against teachers. The aim of this study is to formulate a local policy which accomodates law protection against teacher in doing their profession, especially from bad treatment and violent act. Research method used was normative and sociological law research to reveal empirical fact. Research finding is Pontianak Local Act presence, it is expected to be able to give law protection against teachers substantively, Law Service Unit and Teacher Complaint (UPHPG) norming is important which does not exist yet during this time. It can be said that UPHPG is an organization vessel regulation model in giving counseling space and law assistance for giving teachers’ law protection.