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        "id": 1896935,
        "msgid": "153-students-at-sman-2-banjar-miss-out-on-pip-funds-dprd-summons-education-agency-1785739860",
        "date": "2026-08-03 12:31:01",
        "title": "153 Students at SMAN 2 Banjar Miss Out on PIP Funds, DPRD Summons Education Agency",
        "author": "",
        "source": "DETIK_BALI",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Politics",
        "summary": "The Bali Regional House of Representatives (DPRD) has summoned the provincial education agency after discovering that 153 students at SMAN 2 Banjar failed to receive their Indonesia Pintar Programme (PIP) funds. The commission attributed the failure to human resource issues in managing the disbursement system, rather than embezzlement. Lawmakers have ordered an evaluation of school staff and recommended changes to the collective disbursement process to prevent future delays.",
        "content": "<p>Commission IV of the Bali Regional House of Representatives (DPRD)\nhas found that 153 students did not receive their Indonesia Pintar\nProgramme (PIP) funds at SMAN 2 Banjar, Buleleng. This finding led to\nthe summoning of the Bali Education, Youth and Sports Agency\n(Disdikpora) by Commission IV at the DPRD Bali office on Monday\n(3\/8\/2026).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe found a fairly serious problem that has spread to other schools.\nAt SMAN 2 Banjar, the disbursement of PIP funds failed for 153 of our\nchildren,\u201d said Commission IV Chairman I Wayan Suwirta.<\/p>\n<p>Based on explanations from the school and the agency, Suwirta said\nthere were issues with the human resources operating the PIP fund\ndisbursement system. \u201cWe have instructed the headmaster to resolve this,\nand it appears the agency\u2019s operator was unaware of the problem,\u201d he\nstated.<\/p>\n<p>Suwirta confirmed that the 153 students did not receive the PIP funds\namounting to Rp 1.8 million per person for the year 2025. \u201cSo their\nentitlement has been lost, including 16 students who have already\ngraduated and also lost their right to receive the PIP funds,\u201d the\nformer Klungkung Regent added.<\/p>\n<p>Commission IV has ordered the Bali Disdikpora to evaluate the human\nresources at the school. He suggested implementing a system reminder for\nstudents who have not completed the requirements or for operators who\nare negligent in their duties.<\/p>\n<p>According to the school\u2019s account, there was a delay by students in\nsubmitting administrative documents. Suwirta advised against collective\ndisbursement of funds to avoid disadvantaging students who had completed\ntheir paperwork earlier. \u201cDo not let the collective process for one or\ntwo people who are not yet finished delay their other friends,\u201d he\nsaid.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, Suwirta confirmed that the problem was not due to\nembezzlement of PIP funds at the school. The issue was purely a result\nof human resource errors. \u201cOur duty as the DPRD is to perform the\ncontrol function. Today, we exercised that control function through a\nworking meeting with the Education Agency,\u201d concluded the PDI Perjuangan\npolitician.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/153-students-at-sman-2-banjar-miss-out-on-pip-funds-dprd-summons-education-agency-1785739860",
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