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        "msgid": "lestari-moerdijat-accurate-data-is-the-key-to-delivering-better-education-1775728275",
        "date": "2026-04-09 16:16:00",
        "title": "Lestari Moerdijat: Accurate Data is the Key to Delivering Better Education",
        "author": "Putri Rosmalia",
        "source": "MEDIA_INDONESIA",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "Lestari Moerdijat, Deputy Speaker of the Indonesian People's Consultative Assembly (MPR), has emphasised the critical role of accurate and up-to-date data in addressing barriers to education access for children in Indonesia. She highlighted the launch of a real-time dashboard by the Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education's Data Centre, which maps out 3.97 million out-of-school children as of April 2026, attributing 76% of cases to economic factors. Moerdijat called for targeted interventions, cross-sector collaboration, and transparent data utilisation to ensure no child is left behind in accessing quality education.",
        "content": "<p>The utilisation of the latest and accurate data on out-of-school\nchildren is an important step in addressing various obstacles faced by\nthe community in accessing education services. \u201cThe availability of the\nlatest data is the initial step to overcome children who face\nconstraints in accessing education services. That data must be\nimmediately followed by concrete actions to address the existing\nproblems,\u201d said Deputy Speaker of the MPR RI Lestari Moerdijat in her\nwritten statement on Thursday (9\/4). The Data Centre for Technology and\nInformation of the Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education (Pusdatin\nKemendikdasmen) has innovated by presenting the Out-of-School Children\ndashboard. That dashboard is capable of mapping accurate and real-time\ndata on the number of children who face constraints in accessing\neducation services, covering categories of out-of-school children (ATS),\nnever schooled (BPB), dropouts (DO), and graduates not continuing (LTM).\nBased on data as of 1 April 2026, the number of out-of-school children\nin Indonesia reaches 3,966,858 children. The details are 1,913,633\nchildren who have never been to school, 986,755 children who dropped\nout, and 1,066,470 children who graduated but did not continue to a\nhigher level. Based on data from the Indonesian Education Monitoring\nNetwork (JPPI), around 76% of out-of-school children are caused by\neconomic factors. Lestari encourages the utilisation of the ATS\ndashboard to be accompanied by targeted interventions, such as education\nassistance and affirmative programmes in underdeveloped areas. \u201cData\nwithout action is just numbers. The key is cross-sector collaboration so\nthat out-of-school children truly return to school benches,\u201d said Rerie,\nLestari\u2019s familiar nickname. Rerie, who is also a member of Commission X\nof the DPR RI, hopes that data related to children who face constraints\nin accessing education services can be accessed and utilised by all\nparties, from district\/city education offices to village heads. \u201cWith\ndata transparency, the policies that emerge will be more accountable and\neffective,\u201d emphasised the NasDem Party\u2019s High Council member. With\nvalid data, firmly stated Rerie, we no longer work in the dark. \u201cNow is\nthe time for us to move together, ensuring that not a single child of\nthe nation is left behind from education services,\u201d she concluded.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/lestari-moerdijat-accurate-data-is-the-key-to-delivering-better-education-1775728275",
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