Member of the SMK IDN Boarding School Bogor Committee, Hadi\nKoerniawan, expressed disappointment after meeting with representatives\nof the Ombudsman of the Republic of Indonesia (RI) at the RI Ombudsman\nBuilding in South Jakarta on Thursday, 2 April 2026. This is because\nthere has been no significant development regarding the follow-up on the\ncomplaint report alleging maladministration in the issuance of the West\nJava Governor\u2019s Decree on 12 March 2026. The decree contained the\nrevocation of the operational permit for SMK IDN Boarding School\nBogor.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is still at the stage of coordination on who is authorised to\nexamine it,\u201d said Hadi when met at the RI Ombudsman Building in South\nJakarta on Thursday, 2 April 2026.<\/p>\n
For approximately twenty minutes, the SMK IDN Committee met with\nAssistant Pratama II at the RI Ombudsman Representation for Greater\nJakarta, Siska Oktaviani, on Thursday afternoon. During the meeting,\nHadi said that the RI Ombudsman is still coordinating with the RI\nOmbudsman Representation for West Java on who is authorised to handle\nthis case. The reason is that the location of SMK IDN is in Bogor. \u201cThe\nfiles have not yet been handed over to the Greater Jakarta Ombudsman or\nthe West Java Ombudsman. They are still at the central Ombudsman,\u201d he\nsaid.<\/p>\n
However, Hadi said that the SMK IDN Committee deliberately reported\nto the RI Ombudsman to expedite the report. The reason is that the\n12th-grade students of SMK IDN are currently registering for higher\neducation institutions. They are worried that the diplomas issued will\nnot be from SMK IDN, but from another school.<\/p>\n
Hadi said that the RI Ombudsman will carry out various stages in\nfollowing up on the report. Starting from verification, examination, to\nresults. The verification process takes 14 days. The problem is that the\nSMK IDN Committee has already made the report since 12 March 2026.\nHowever, it has not yet entered the verification stage.<\/p>\n
Nevertheless, Hadi said that the RI Ombudsman promised to expedite\nit. This afternoon or tomorrow, there will already be a decision on who\nwill examine it.<\/p>\n
After the examination results are out, Hadi said that the Ombudsman\nwill convey the findings to the West Java Provincial Government. The\ngovernment is given 30 days to make corrections. \u201cIf within 30 days no\nverification is carried out or no corrections are made, then a\nrecommendation will be issued,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
According to Hadi, the Ombudsman\u2019s recommendations are mandatory to\nbe implemented. The problem is that the SMK IDN Committee is racing\nagainst time until the end of April 2026. Because SMK IDN students are\ncurrently preparing for university entrance exams.<\/p>\n
First Expert Public Relations Officer of the RI Ombudsman, Yemima Dwi\nKurnia, said that coordination is currently being carried out between\nthe Greater Jakarta Ombudsman Office and West Java. \u201cThere has been no\ndecision yet on which representative office will follow up on the\nreport,\u201d she said when contacted on Thursday, 2 April 2026.<\/p>\n
Previously, dozens of parents of SMK IDN Boarding School Bogor\nstudents visited the RI Ombudsman to follow up on the complaint report\nsubmitted on 12 March 2026. Chairman of the SMK IDN Boarding School\nBogor Committee, Eko Aprianto, asked the Ombudsman to examine the\nalleged maladministration in the issuance of the West Java Governor\u2019s\nDecree that revoked the operational permit of SMK IDN Boarding School\nBogor.<\/p>\n
This case began when several students were allegedly involved in\nserious violations while abroad. Some of those students were allegedly\nsmoking and accessing pornography sites. The school then decided to drop\nout (DO) them in November 2025. However, the parents of the expelled\nstudents did not accept it. They then sued the school\u2019s operational\npermit to the West Java Provincial Government in December 2025.<\/p>\n
On 12 January 2026, the school committee held an audience with the\nHead of the Vocational Secondary School Development Division of the West\nJava Education Office, Edy Purwanto. In that meeting, there was a\ndiscussion regarding the plan to cancel the school\u2019s permit. However,\nthe Education Office promised to request a suspension of the decision\nuntil the end of the semester.<\/p>\n
On 5 March 2026, the school received notification that the West Java\nGovernor\u2019s Decree Number: 188\/Kep.17-DPMPTSP\/2026 had been issued,\nsigned since 19 January 2026. According to Eko, the issuance on 19\nJanuary was without any notification to the school. \u201cThe Governor\u2019s\nDecree was signed on 19 January 2026, but was only delivered to the\nschool on 5 March 2026,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
According to Eko, the school had obtained an operational permit in\n2023. The school also already has a National School Identification\nNumber (NPSN). Accreditation had also been issued in the same year.\nHowever, Eko found it strange that the operational permit was challenged\nand revoked.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe question is, who issued it and who revoked it? Why is the school\nbeing questioned, while the government\u2019s supervisory role also needs to\nbe questioned?\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Quoted from Kompas, the Head of the West Java Education Office,\nPurwanto, said that the revocation of the school\u2019s operational permit\nwas not intended to stop students\u2019 learning activities. That step was\nactually taken so that the students\u2019 educational status has a clear\nlegal basis. \u201cThe government wants to ensure that children\u2019s educational\nrights in West Java are fulfilled properly and in accordance with\napplicable regulations,\u201d he said at a press conference at the West Java\nDPMPTSP Office, Jalan Cianjur, Bandung City, on Thursday, 12 March\n2026.<\/p>\n
According to him, the decision to revoke the permit had gone through\na discussion and dialogue process with the school management. On 21\nJanuary 2026, the provincial government and the school had also agreed\non several steps to ensure that the students\u2019 education process\ncontinues.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/outcome-of-smk-idn-bogor-committee-meeting-with-indonesian-ombudsman-1775145047", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }