Jakarta – Indonesia's Education Ministry plans to hire 366,630 temporary teachers next year to overcome shortages in schools around the country.

Education Minister A. Malik Fadjar said during a parliamentary committee hearing on Tuesday that his ministry was seeking a budget allocation of 2.3 trillion rupiah, or 200,000 rupiah per teacher, for the plan.

Legislators welcomed the move but said it would result in "unjust wages" for teachers.