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        "msgid": "task-force-for-handling-violence-in-schools-and-pesantren-targeted-for-completion-this-month-1781088777",
        "date": "2026-06-10 16:56:21",
        "title": "Task Force for Handling Violence in Schools and Pesantren Targeted for Completion This Month",
        "author": "",
        "source": "DETIK_BALI",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "A joint task force addressing violence in schools and Islamic boarding schools (pesantren) in West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) is expected to be formed by the end of this month. The initiative follows an alleged arson attack on three students in Central Lombok and involves government ministries, law enforcement, and civil society groups. Key officials stressed the task force will prioritise victim recovery and the legal prosecution of individual perpetrators rather than penalising the educational institutions themselves.",
        "content": "<p>The plan to establish an integrated task force (Satgas) for handling\ncases of violence in schools and Islamic boarding schools (ponpes) in\nWest Nusa Tenggara (NTB) is targeted for completion this month. The\nformation of the task force surfaced following an incident in which\nthree students were allegedly set on fire by a peer in Central Lombok.\nThe task force was initiated by the Regional Office of the Ministry of\nReligious Affairs (Kanwil Kemenag) of NTB together with the NTB\nProvincial Government, the NTB Regional Police, the NTB High\nProsecutor\u2019s Office, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), and the NTB\nIslamic Boarding School Communication and Cooperation Forum (FKSPP). All\nparties held a meeting at the NTB Ministry of Religious Affairs Office\non Wednesday (10\/6\/2026) to finalise the concept for forming the task\nforce. Head of the NTB Ministry of Religious Affairs Regional Office,\nZamroni Aziz, stated that all elements are currently formulating a small\nteam to accelerate the establishment of the cross-sectoral task force.\n\u201cThere were several points we agreed upon earlier. Among them, we will\ncreate a small team to establish this joint task force. This team\nconsists of all the existing elements,\u201d Zamroni said at his office.\nAccording to Zamroni, the task force will not only focus on\npost-incident management but also on the prevention of violence in\nschools and pesantren environments. He asserted that perpetrators of\nviolence must be processed legally without dragging the educational\ninstitution into disrepute in general. \u201cSo don\u2019t burn down the barn, but\nkill the rat. This means we will take firm action and legally process\nthe individual perpetrators of violence, not the pesantren,\u201d Zamroni\ndeclared. He confirmed the task force\u2019s scope of work will cover\npesantren as well as general schools throughout NTB. Reflecting on the\nalleged burning case of three students in Central Lombok, the task force\nwill provide comprehensive services ranging from health treatment and\npsychological recovery to legal assistance. \u201cWe cannot work alone.\nKemenag, we apologise, cannot do this by itself. It needs to join hands\nwith all parties, including the regional government. I always say that\npesantren belong to all of us,\u201d he added. Chairman of the FKSPP of NTB\nProvince, TGH Mahally Fikri, supported the formation of the task force.\nHe encouraged the Governor of NTB to promptly issue a decree (SK) so\nthat the task force has strong legality to work on the ground. According\nto Mahally, one of the causes for the emergence of violence cases is the\ndiminishing tradition of mutual advice-giving among educational\ninstitutions in NTB. \u201cThis task force exists to advise one another.\nLater, the team will visit many pesantren in NTB for silaturahmi. The\nmore often we meet and give advice, the more surely we can reduce the\nrate of violence,\u201d Mahally explained. Mahally also clarified the notion\nthat NTB is in a state of emergency regarding violence in pesantren\nenvironments. According to him, compared to the number of Islamic\nboarding schools in NTB, which is less than one thousand, the percentage\nof violence cases is still smaller than in several other regions.\nDespite this, he asserted there is zero tolerance for acts of violence\nwithin educational settings. \u201cEven though the case rate is low, we are\nnot happy. Because whatever its name, violence is an act of disobedience\nthat we must eradicate and fight together on Bumi Gora,\u201d he stressed.\nMeanwhile, Chairman of the Child Protection Agency (LPA) of Mataram\nCity, Joko Jumadi, assessed that handling violence cases in NTB must be\ndone through both short-term and long-term measures. For the long term,\nthe lecturer from the Faculty of Law at the University of Mataram\nrequested that the NTB Provincial Government revise Regional Regulation\n(Perda) Number 8 concerning the Facilitation of Pesantren Implementation\nin NTB. \u201cThis revision is for the long term; it is a step-by-step\nprocess that we must undertake,\u201d Joko said. Meanwhile, in the short\nterm, the establishment of the integrated violence handling task force\nhas been requested to be executed immediately and is targeted for\ncompletion within this month. Joko stressed that the task force\u2019s work\nmust be oriented towards the protection of victims. \u201cWith this task\nforce, violence handling work is no longer isolated but integrated. We\nensure the handling is primarily victim-based. It must be formed this\nmonth, and later we will ask the Governor to issue the decree,\u201d Joko\nconcluded.<\/p>",
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