Jakarta – The Ministry of Education and Culture has reserved a budget plan of Rp2726 trillion for education funding for the year 2021.
It stated its first concern is guaranteeing the freedom to gain access to education, and centralizing all education funding.
At a spending plan meeting in Jakarta on Thursday, Minister of Education and Culture Nadiem Makarim stated the centralization of funds has actually caused budget plan effectiveness by allowing quicker distribution of program financing.
Various programs in every ministry directorate had previously led to inadequacy, he kept in mind.
The education funding programs of the ministry include the Smart Indonesia Program, Smart Indonesia Card School Program, Smart Indonesia Card College Program, Instructor Professional Allowances, and Advancement of Abroad Indonesian Schools.
” These are all (being provided with particular) objectives in (mind such as) giving liberty of gain access to (to education) to the people who can not manage it and to provide a good education,” Makarim stated.
He explained that there have actually been no brand-new programs released so far, but adjustments have actually been made to a number of programs.
The budget plan for the Smart Indonesia Card School funding program is Rp9.672 trillion, which has actually been allocated for 17.9 million students.
An overall of Rp1009 trillion has been earmarked for 1.095 million trainees under the Smart Indonesia Card College program, Rp7.303 trillion has been set aside for 363 thousand teachers under the expert instructor allowance budget plan, and a budget plan of Rp194 billion has actually been allocated for the support of 13 Indonesian schools abroad.
The Ministry of Education and Culture’s budget ceiling for 2021 is Rp81 Secretary General of the Ministry of Education and Culture Ainun Naim said the budget plan will be utilized for a number of concern programs of the ministry in2021
The budget plan for early education programs and the 12- year compulsory education program is Rp12351 trillion, while the allocation for language and cultural preservation is around Rp976 billion.
In Addition, Rp11690 trillion has actually been reserved for the program to improve the quality of mentor and learning, while Rp27625 trillion has actually been allocated for higher education.
For occupation education and training programs, the ministry has assigned Rp5.226 trillion, and Rp23622 trillion has been set aside for the ministry’s management.
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