Community School 55 in East Kotawaringin District Targets 1,080 New Students
Sampit — Community School 55 in East Kotawaringin District (Kotim), Central Kalimantan, is targeting 1,080 new students for the 2026/2027 academic year, in accordance with quotas provided by the Ministry of Social Affairs.
“The student quota based on a meeting in Jakarta for primary school is a maximum of 540 students, whilst junior secondary school is 270 students and senior secondary school is 270 students,” said Head of Community School 55 Kotim Nikkon Bhastari in Sampit on Tuesday.
To this end, Community School 55 Kotim will open student admissions for junior secondary level this year, which was previously only available for primary and senior secondary levels. This step is taken to expand access to education for underprivileged communities.
The selection process is conducted through collaboration with the Family Hope Programme (PKH) team. This team is responsible for conducting outreach and direct field assessment to ensure educational assistance reaches the intended target.
Although the selection system is centralised through the PKH team, Community School 55 Kotim continues to open its doors to residents wishing to submit documentation. This is done to facilitate communities in remote areas who have not yet been registered in the social services system.
He explained that residents in the Decile 1 and Decile 2 categories can submit documents such as family identity cards along with telephone numbers. This data will subsequently be submitted to the PKH team for follow-up action.
“So we do not conduct direct admissions, but rather help facilitate residents who have difficulty reaching the PKH team. Final determination remains based on the team’s assessment results,” he said.
He continued that whilst his team has not yet coordinated with the PKH team regarding recruitment of prospective students for the 2026/2027 academic year, the ministry has permitted the receipt of applications from prospective students as preliminary data.
This data will be verified through the National Social and Economic Data System and social services department data to ensure the relevant decile group status, and even if not yet included in this data, the PKH team will still conduct field assessments.