Jakarta – The National Population and Household Preparation Company (BKKBN) has actually said that the establishment of schools for the elderly in some areas of Indonesia belongs of the government’s concrete action for dealing with an aging population.
” There is a change in the structure of our population, that our number of old people keeps increasing,” BKKBN’s deputy for population control Bonivasius Prasetya Ichtiarto noted here on Saturday.
He said that Indonesia will face an aging population 10 to 15 years from now.
According to Data Indonesia (BPS), the variety of senior individuals in the nation reached 29.3 million in 2021, accounting for 10.82 percent of the total population.
43.29 percent of the senior population originated from the bottom 40 percent of families.
Ichtiarto stated that old people with a low quality of life will be a concern on the federal government as they will require more assistance and support.
Thinking about that more senior people in Indonesia have a low level of education and economy, the government has actually decided to establish different policies as part of extensive efforts to decrease the elderly’s problem on the household and society by exploring their potential.
The federal government requires to develop resistant, independent, and efficient elderly people.
BKKBN has actually established schools for the elderly to fulfill old individuals’s long-term needs, such as developing their cognitive and social abilities.
In the long term, a strong elderly population could help preserve nationwide economic stability.
In the schools, old individuals are being encouraged to be productive by participating in social empowerment and skill-learning activities that can support their incomes.
” We need to prepare those who are aged 50 years and above together with the young generation, so they can self-sustain and be efficient,” Ichtiarto stated.
The federal government is likewise preparing a quality efficient generation to recognize the Golden Indonesia 2045 vision of making Indonesia a sophisticated nation.
” The school for the elderly is to build resilient old people,” he said.
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