Enhancing Data Management Capacity, Dirjen Dukcapil Pushes for Strengthening Human Resources
Teguh assesses that strong infrastructure will not yield optimal results without adequate human resources. He emphasises that the development of population systems should not only focus on strengthening infrastructure such as servers, networks, and cybersecurity, but must also be balanced with the readiness of human resources as the primary managers.
“If the network infrastructure and cybersecurity are strong but the human resources are weak, what does that mean?” said Teguh in a written statement on Thursday (7/7/2026).
He conveyed this during the Capacity Enhancement for Population Data Managers for Provincial and District/City Civil Registration Apparatus in 2026 Batch I at Savero Hotel, Depok, West Java, on Wednesday (6/5).
He explained that the activity is part of ongoing efforts to improve the capacity of Dukcapil apparatus in line with the acceleration of digital transformation.
Through the Dukcapil Go Digital policy, said Teguh, the utilisation of information technology becomes a primary need that must be balanced with the apparatus’s ability to manage and utilise it optimally.
“If it’s already Go Digital, that means… the utilisation of IT [is] very urgent,” he said.
Furthermore, Teguh affirmed that population data holds a strategic position as the main foundation in government administration and public services.
“Dukcapil data covers, becomes the basis… [and] backbone for all services, we underpin all public services,” he explained.
According to him, population data is not only used for administrative services but also as a reference for development planning, aid distribution, to the implementation of general elections (Pemilu) and regional head elections (Pilkada).
In that context, the implementation of the Population Identification Number (NIK) as a single identity number continues to be strengthened to support cross-sector utilisation.
On this occasion, Teguh also outlined the achievements in population data recording, which show a positive trend.
Based on data from the second semester of 2025, Indonesia’s population reached around 288 million people, with electronic ID card recording exceeding 97 percent of the total compulsory ID card holders. That figure is estimated to continue increasing along with the population which now exceeds 289 million people.