I just read some news that in Indonesia teachers, nurses, and medical doctors share the same problem. The problem is a distribution problem.
The government complains that no one wants to teach or work in rural areas.
You know what? News from Kompas reported that teachers who teach on the border had received payment for only 75k rupiahs, that barely 5 dollars a month. U know what is crazier? They got paid every 3 months. So, only around 15 bucks for 3 fricking months!
Now, the teachers on the border have been promoted to civil servants. This is good but the pay still sucks. Only 2 million rupiahs a month. That is barely 150 bucks a month.
The same goes with doctors and nurses, they got paid better but considering they are working in rural areas, we can say that they are not working but volunteering, a forced volunteering
Imagine teaching or being a doctor in a rural border area where every daily needs and entertainment are hard to get and you get underpaid.
Everything in rural and remote areas is more expensive than in any other area in my country.
The Government be like
“We underpay teachers, doctors, nurses who work in rural areas”
Then *Surprise Pikachu face”
“Why do we have teachers, doctors, and nurses shortage in rural areas?”
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