Gus Ipul: New Student Admissions for People's School Based on DTSEN

Social Minister Saifullah Yusuf, or Gus Ipul, emphasised that there will be no general public registration opening for new student admissions at the People’s School for the 2026/2027 academic year. The new student admission process will be conducted through direct outreach to prospective students using the National Single Social and Economic Data (DTSEN) Volume 2 for 2026 as the basis.

“In accordance with the President’s directive, there must be no impositions. No bribery. No corruption, collusion, and nepotism. But everything must be reached based on DTSEN,” said Gus Ipul at the Ministry of Social Affairs office on Monday, 13 April 2026.

The outreach to prospective learners, he said, must proceed transparently and accountably. Therefore, DTSEN serves as the primary reference for determining eligible prospective students.

Gus Ipul stated that this field outreach mechanism will be carried out by companions from the Ministry of Social Affairs, Social Services Offices, to BPS officers. They will go into communities to verify family conditions, ensure parental consent for prospective students, and confirm that the prospective students meet the criteria.

“Recruitment is for children from the most incapable families. Families whose children may not yet be in school, are not in school, have dropped out, or are at risk of dropping out,” he said.

All parties involved in the selection, Gus Ipul continued, are obliged to adhere to the rules, procedures, and consistently implement the President’s directives. Therefore, he urged the public to directly monitor the selection process and, if any violations occur, report them immediately through the official channels provided by the Ministry of Social Affairs.

This is intended so that the People’s School programme hits its target and is filled by children from poor and extremely poor families, in line with President Prabowo Subianto’s vision, to break the chain of poverty.

On this occasion, Gus Ipul also reported that the construction of permanent People’s School buildings in various regions in Indonesia is progressing according to target. The construction is targeted to be completed in July before the new academic year’s MPLS begins.

He also expressed thanks to all parties because this permanent People’s School construction is the result of cross-sector collaboration involving ministries and institutions, to local governments. “Yes (the construction) is going very well. So even though there are dynamics in the field, hopefully everything can be handled well,” said Gus Ipul.