Inhibiting Factor of Primary School Teacher Competence in Indonesia: Pedagogic and Professionalism

The study aims to describe inhibiting factors of pedagogic and professional competencies from primary school
teacher, as well as its problems. Primary data obtained through interviews on focus group discussion, and
secondary data obtained through document. Research informants are teachers, principals, head of Education
Department, head of District Staffing Agency, and head of District Planning and Development Agency. Data
were analyzed descriptively. Result shows that there were four inhibiting factors of teacher competence, such as:
inadequate school infrastructure; teacher educational qualification was low; implementation of teacher training
was ineffective; and lack of government attention in reward for outstanding teachers.