Minister of Basic Education Reveals Schools Still Misusing BOS Funds and KIP

We are still receiving information, for example, on how BOS funds are not being used as intended, KIP being misused, and various policies where the immediate environment occurs in schools,” said Mu’ti during the launch of the Anti-Corruption Education Guidebook and Teaching Materials (PAK) together with the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Ministry of Basic Education at the Ministry of Home Affairs office, Jalan Medan Merdeka Utara, Central Jakarta, on Monday (11/5/2026). Mu’ti explained that this phenomenon opposes the school’s goal of character education. One of them is character education to behave honestly. “This provides a counterproductive example to what is taught in classes when children are taught honesty but in reality, they do not see examples of how honesty is well-established,” he clarified. He assessed that clean institutional management is important to carry out. Because school is a place for students to forge themselves and form character. “Therefore, various policies carried out in schools must synergise with joint efforts so that schools can also become models of how a clean life, a life far from corruption, can become the immediate environment or closest environment for our children,” he added. Mu’ti continued that the government is striving for schools to instil honesty in students from an early age. This must be ingrained in daily life. “We are trying to instil in our children from an early age how they are honest in doing exam questions and also in their daily behaviour. We are also starting to implement a new student admission system that emphasises principles of justice and honesty, which all require support from various parties, including support from all of you stakeholders and also local governments in all government structures,” he said.