Bangli Deputy Regent Highlights School Dropout Phenomenon in Kintamani

Deputy Regent (Wabup) of Bangli I Wayan Diar has highlighted the phenomenon of school dropouts in the region. Diar stated that school dropouts are prone to occur in mountainous areas such as Kintamani and Tembuku sub-districts.

This was expressed by Diar following the flag-raising ceremony commemorating National Education Day (Hardiknas) 2026 at his office. According to Diar, the potential for school dropouts in Kintamani and Tembuku is influenced, among other things, by the geographical conditions of the area.

“Because it is indeed a mountainous region. The obstacle is the distant access (to school locations),” said Diar on Saturday (2/5/2026).

Diar assessed that the geographical conditions in the two sub-districts make some primary school graduates reluctant to continue their education to junior high school level. The reason is that junior high school locations in the sub-districts are quite far away. Students also have to go up and down hills and can only be accessed by private vehicles.

On the other hand, Diar mentioned that a number of parents in the two sub-districts still do not understand the importance of schooling their children. The Bangli Regency Government (Pemkab), he said, has implemented several programmes to encourage parents to send their children to school.

“This is the task of the Bangli Education, Youth and Sports Office (Disdikpora), through the teachers. One of them is also the foster parent programme which is already in place,” added Diar.

Secretary of Disdikpora Bangli, Ketut Darmaja, said that preventive efforts to prevent school dropouts have been carried out. One of them is through one-roof schools (Satap).

“In addition to the approach (to students’ parents), now there is Satap,” said Darmaja.

Darmaja explained that there are now seven junior high schools and six Satap in Kintamani. Primary school graduates continuing to junior high school level no longer need to travel to a new school location because they can study at Satap.

According to Darmaja, some Satap arrange staggered school entry times between primary and junior high school students. There are also Satap buildings that have more classrooms, so they can accommodate junior high and primary school students.

“In the morning and afternoon, the classrooms are used by primary school students. The remaining classrooms next to them are used by junior high school students,” added Darmaja.

Darmaja assessed that building new schools is less effective because the number of junior high school graduates in the sub-district is relatively small. “If establishing a new junior high school, the students would be less than 32 children. Moreover, many teachers would be needed. That is the obstacle,” he concluded.