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        "msgid": "lpdp-explains-reasons-for-limiting-mobile-phone-use-during-orientation-1777946030",
        "date": "2026-05-05 07:34:07",
        "title": "LPDP Explains Reasons for Limiting Mobile Phone Use During Orientation",
        "author": "",
        "source": "TEMPO_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "The LPDP has implemented restrictions on mobile phone usage during the orientation programme for scholarship recipients to maintain discipline and focus, allowing only one hour of access per day. This measure, part of a military-style preparation involving TNI activities, has raised concerns among participants, particularly those from eastern Indonesia facing time zone differences that hinder family communication. Despite initial objections leading to a negotiated compromise from a total ban, the policy underscores LPDP's emphasis on programme effectiveness amid evolving formats from previous hotel-based sessions.",
        "content": "<p>The Indonesia Endowment Fund for Education (LPDP) has explained the\nreasons behind the rules limiting the use of gadgets or mobile phones by\nLPDP scholarship recipients during orientation. Head of the Legal and\nCommunications Division of LPDP, M. Lukmanul Hakim, stated that the\nrules are intended to maintain order during the orientation. \u201cLPDP has\nestablished rules of conduct to maintain focus and the effectiveness of\nthe orientation process,\u201d he said on Tuesday, 5 May 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Lukman conveyed that the restriction rules have considered the\nparticipants\u2019 needs to communicate with their families at certain\ntimes.<\/p>\n<p>In this year\u2019s implementation of preparations for the departure of\nscholarship recipients, there is a prohibition on the use of mobile\nphones. Participants are only allowed to access their phones for one\nhour per day.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, one participant told Tempo that the rule was presented as\npart of the quarantine concept during the event, which lasts around six\ndays. \u201cPhones can only be held for one hour a day. Apparently, so that\nparticipants stay focused during the activities,\u201d he said on Friday, 1\nMay 2026. The event is scheduled from 4 to 9 May 2026.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the restriction is problematic, especially for\nparticipants who must continue to communicate with families in areas\nwith time differences. \u201cFriends from eastern Indonesia feel\ndisadvantaged. When they get time to hold their phones, it\u2019s already\nnight there, even their children are already asleep,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s departure preparation programme differs from previous\nimplementations, which were generally held in hotels. Besides the\nlocation in a military complex, participants are also scheduled for\nintensive activities from 05.00 to 21.00 WIB, including outdoor\nactivities with the TNI.<\/p>\n<p>The communication access restriction was not explained in detail from\nthe beginning. Information regarding the rule was only conveyed close to\nthe implementation, along with details of the location and activity\nconcept. \u201cIn the initial invitation, it wasn\u2019t explained. Only later\nwere they informed about the technical details like this,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Participants admitted to having raised objections to the organisers.\nHowever, the committee stated that the policy is a management decision\nand has undergone adjustments. \u201cInitially, they said phones couldn\u2019t be\nheld at all, then it was negotiated to one hour a day,\u201d he said.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/lpdp-explains-reasons-for-limiting-mobile-phone-use-during-orientation-1777946030",
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