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        "id": 1992020,
        "msgid": "mp-assesses-20-per-cent-state-budget-allocation-sufficient-to-realise-free-education-1789970473",
        "date": "2026-09-21 11:38:52",
        "title": "MP Assesses 20 Per Cent State Budget Allocation Sufficient to Realise Free Education",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "A member of the Indonesian Parliament's Commission X believes the constitutional 20 per cent education budget allocation is enough to fund free education from primary school to university. The proposal includes both public and private institutions, potentially supported by recovered state funds from corruption cases.",
        "content": "<p>The constitutional mandate requiring a 20 per cent allocation of the\nState Budget (APBN) for the education sector is capable of not only\nmaking public schools free but also private education.<\/p>\n<p>Abdul Fikri Faqih, a member of Commission X of the Indonesian House\nof Representatives (DPR RI), assessed that the 20 per cent education\nbudget allocation from the APBN is sufficient to realise President\nPrabowo Subianto\u2019s plan to provide free education from primary school\n(SD) to higher education.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the 20 per cent education budget from the APBN as mandated by\nour constitution, the PKS Faction has calculated that from primary\nschool to higher education (PT), not only public schools but private\nones can also be free,\u201d Fikri stated in Jakarta on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, he conveyed that fulfilling the constitutional mandate,\nwhich requires a 20 per cent allocation of the State Budget (APBN) for\nthe education sector, is capable of making public schools free and\nreaching private educational institutions as well.<\/p>\n<p>Fikri also noted that concrete steps towards comprehensive free\neducation will soon have an execution basis. By 2027, he said, the APBN\nstructure will begin to implement the mandate of the Constitutional\nCourt (MK) Decision Number 03\/XXII\/2024. Based on that decision,\neducation costs for primary (SD) and junior high school (SMP) levels,\nboth public and private, must be free.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI strongly agree; I will immediately hold a limited meeting (ratas)\nor, essentially, public school education costs must be free,\u201d he\nsaid.<\/p>\n<p>According to Prabowo, one source of funding could come from the\nrecovery of state funds that have been corrupted or stolen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLater, there will be those who ask, where will the money come from?\nIt will come from the money that was corrupted, stolen, or embezzled,\u201d\nhe remarked.<\/p>\n<p>This statement expands upon the commitment previously expressed by\nPrabowo regarding free education in public schools. In a speech\nregarding the 2027 State Budget Bill and the Financial Note on 14 August\n2026, Prabowo stated that the government would strive to ensure\nIndonesian children can attend public schools for free. At that time,\nPrabowo emphasised that education is a right for all Indonesian children\nand that the government is obligated to expand access to education\nwithout fees.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/mp-assesses-20-per-cent-state-budget-allocation-sufficient-to-realise-free-education-1789970473",
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