Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education\n(Kemendikdasmen) has said that the Free Nutritious Meals (MBG) programme\nis showing positive results in reducing hunger-related concentration\ndifficulties, thereby improving students\u2019 learning focus.<\/p>\n
Based on the results of an evaluation of the implementation of the\nSeven Habits of Great Indonesian Children (KAIH) programme in Central\nJakarta on Wednesday, schools receiving MBG recorded an average\nreduction in hunger-related learning disruptions 2.37 percentage points\ngreater than schools that had not yet received the programme.<\/p>\n
The evaluation was conducted from the baseline phase (May\u2013June 2025)\nthrough to the endline phase (November\u2013December 2025), involving\napproximately 1.2 million student respondents nationwide.<\/p>\n
In eastern Indonesia, the reduction in hunger-related learning\ndisruptions at MBG-recipient schools was recorded at 14.85 percentage\npoints greater than at schools that had not yet implemented the\nprogramme.<\/p>\n
These results indicate that nutritional intervention through MBG not\nonly meets students\u2019 basic needs but also strengthens their readiness to\nengage in learning.<\/p>\n
Furthermore, the data provides strong evidence that for children in\neastern Indonesia, the MBG programme is a crucial key to eliminating\ninequality, ensuring they can study with the same focus and\nopportunities as children in other regions.<\/p>\n
In line with these findings, Minister of Basic and Secondary\nEducation Abdul Mu\u2019ti affirmed that MBG forms part of a long-term human\ndevelopment strategy.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe MBG programme launched by President Prabowo Subianto is a\nlong-term investment in Indonesian human development. We are preparing\nthe 2045 generation \u2014 those who today are still in early childhood\neducation, primary school, junior secondary school, senior secondary\nschool, and even those still in the womb \u2014 to grow up healthy,\nintelligent, and strong both physically and mentally,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Head of the Centre for Character Strengthening, Rusprita Putri Utami,\nexplained that respondent selection was carried out using a systematic\nsampling approach to ensure the evaluation results were representative\nof actual conditions.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe randomly selected MBG-implementing schools, ensuring they had\nadequate baseline and endline data. We then matched them with schools\nthat had not yet implemented MBG, with comparable education levels,\nregions, and student numbers, so that initial data conditions were\nnearly identical and could be compared,\u201d she said.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/ministry-of-education-free-nutritious-meals-programme-improves-student-focus-1771510698", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }