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        "id": 1755656,
        "msgid": "kemendikdasmen-53-regional-governments-help-subsidise-private-schools-1779542485",
        "date": "2026-05-21 20:02:04",
        "title": "Kemendikdasmen: 53 regional governments help subsidise private schools",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "The Indonesian Ministry of Education announced that 53 regional governments will provide financial support to students entering private schools under the New Student Admission System (SPMB) for the 2026\/2027 academic year. The scheme expands to include private schools alongside state schools, with per-student subsidies funded by local government agreements. The move aims to ensure all children can access formal education, including those unable to secure a place in public schools.",
        "content": "<p>Jakarta (ANTARA) \u2013 The Ministry of Education, Primary and Secondary\nEducation (Kemendikdasmen) stated that as many as 53 regional\ngovernments are prepared to provide education cost assistance for\nstudents entering private schools through the New Student Admission\nSystem (SPMB) scheme for the 2026\/2027 academic year. Gogot Suharwoto,\nDirector-General of Early Childhood Education, Basic Education, and\nNon-Formal and Informal Education at Kemendikdasmen, said the provision\nof such assistance is an effort jointly by the ministry and the regional\ngovernments to ensure that all children continue to receive formal\neducation services, including those from less-advantaged backgrounds and\nthose not admitted to public schools. Furthermore, he explained that the\n2026 SPMB will involve not only government-run education units (state\nschools) but also education units run by the community (private schools)\nthat are willing to participate in the SPMB scheme. In relation to this,\nhe said private schools offer a number of teaching groups (rombel) that\nwill be included in the SPMB, while other rombel will continue to admit\nstudents independently. \u201cPrivate schools are voluntary. They offer how\nmany rombel they wish to participate in the SPMB together,\u201d Gogot added.\nPrivate schools participating in the SPMB, he said, will subsequently\nreceive per-student education funding from the regional government, the\namount of which is the agreement between the local government and the\nprivate school. \u201cIf a student is not accepted at a public school, a\nprospective pupil can enter a private school with the help of the\nregional government,\u201d he said. For information, Kemendikdasmen signed a\njoint commitment with 15 ministries and agencies to support the Ramah\nSPMB 2026\/2027 in an objective, transparent, accountable, fair, and\nnon-discriminatory manner. The 15 parties are: Komisi X of the House of\nRepresentatives (DPR RI), Komite III of the Regional Representative\nCouncil (DPD RI), Coordinating Ministry for Human Development and\nCultural Education, Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Religious\nAffairs, Ministry of Social Affairs, Ministry of Women\u2019s Empowerment and\nChild Protection, Attorney General\u2019s Office, Indonesian National Police\n(POLRI), Presidential Staff Office, Corruption Eradication Commission\n(KPK), Badan Komunikasi RI, Ombudsman RI, the Commission for Child\nProtection (KPAI), and the National Disability Commission.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/kemendikdasmen-53-regional-governments-help-subsidise-private-schools-1779542485",
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