This affirmative action program has actually won the central and Papua provincial governments’ attention because quality education is believed to contribute to improving the quality of human resources
Jayapura, Papua – The Papua administration has actually restated its commitment to improving the quality of human capital in the province by supplying scholarships to at least three thousand native Papuans.
” As a result, they can pursue higher education under the scholarship plans at trusted universities in Indonesia and abroad,” head of the Papua Communication and Informatics Office, Jery Yudianto, said.
Thanks to this affirmative action program, many native Papuans can complete their higher education and become a part of the knowledgeable labor force, he informed ANTARA throughout an interview in Jayapura on Tuesday.
The scholarship receivers can finish their undergraduate, postgraduate, and occupation programs and end up being medical doctors and pilots, Yudianto included.
Papua Guv Lukas Enembe’s education policy for native Papuans has actually helped improve the quality of human capital and allowed native Papuans to add to regional advancement, he stated.
” This affirmative action program has actually won the central and Papua provincial federal governments’ attention since quality education is believed to add to improving the quality of personnels,” he included.
In this regard, the Ministry of Home Affairs recently sent out a team to Papua to ensure the budgeting and sustainability of scholarships for Papuan trainees studying in such nations as the US, Australia, and the UK.
In a declaration released on February 2, 2022, director general of local monetary advancement, Agus Fatoni, notified that the technical team had consulted with the Papua provincial federal government in Sentani, Jayapura.
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ANTARA has actually reported earlier about how the Indonesian federal government has consistently demonstrated its strong dedication to increasing the advancement of the nation’s eastern regions, including Papua and West Papua provinces.
The Papua unique autonomy law has actually paved the way for fund flows from the central federal government to Papua and West Papua because 2001.
The Finance Ministry’s information has actually suggested that throughout the application of the Papua special autonomy law, the federal government paid out Rp13865 trillion for Papua and West Papua as unique autonomy funds and extra funds for infrastructure tasks.
The total regional transfer and village funds that the federal government distributed in the two provinces between 2002 and 2021 have been taped at Rp7023 trillion, according to Individuals’s Consultative Assembly (MPR) speaker Bambang Soesatyo.
Despite main funding, the 2 provinces are still struggling to improve the quality of their human capital, as evidenced by their ratings on Indonesia’s 2020 Human Development Index, which were below the nationwide average of 71.94
Stats Indonesia (BPS) revealed that Papua and West Papua scored60 Their ratings were lower than Aceh province, which chalked up 71.
BPS data launched in February this year further showed that the hardship rates in Papua and West Papua were taped at 26.8 percent and 21.7 percent, respectively.
Advancement results likewise remained inequitable for native Papuan neighborhoods as appeared from their low income level and absence of access to education and health services, it stated.
In the middle of this tough reality, the federal government has actually hinted its intent to extend the allocation of unique autonomy funds for Papua and West Papua by another twenty years to accelerate undertakings to close the development space and usher in success for all neighborhoods in the region.
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