This study examines the role conflict experienced by Islamic Education (PAI) teachers in Indonesian public schools, specifically the tension between administrative duties and core teaching responsibilities. Using a qualitative case study approach, this research explores how a PAI teacher navigates competing demands from both the Ministry of Religious Affairs and local education authorities. The findings reveal three primary forms of role conflict: time conflict, attentional conflict, and value conflict. Additionally, the study identifies coping strategies developed by the teacher, including task prioritization, technology utilization, social support networks, and work-life balance maintenance. This research argues that the bureaucratization of education has led to the deprofessionalization of PAI teachers, necessitating fundamental bureaucratic reform that includes administrative simplification, provision of administrative support staff, resolution of dual authority structures, and restoration of the teacher's primary role as an educator rather than an administrator
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