Minister Yassierli: Efficiency Does Not Affect National Internship Programme
Manpower Minister Yassierli has assured that the third phase of budget efficiency by the Ministry of Finance will not affect strategic programmes such as the National Internship this year.
“It’s different (budget position). So the third efficiency carried out by the Ministry of Finance relates to official travel, meetings, and so on. It’s a different allocation position from the (National) Internship programme,” said the Manpower Minister when met in Jakarta on Friday, 10 April 2026.
Meanwhile, during a working meeting with Commission IX of the Indonesian House of Representatives on Thursday (9/4), Yassierli revealed that the Ministry of Manpower received a letter from the Minister of Finance S-181/MK.03/2026 dated 1 April 2026, regarding budget efficiency.
In that letter, the Ministry of Manpower’s budget sourced from pure rupiah (RM) underwent efficiency or a shift to the State General Treasurer’s Budget Section (BA BUN) of the Ministry of Finance amounting to Rp181,826,183,000.
That amount consists of Special Output Details (RO) of Rp122,163,948,000 and the results of budget efficiency identification carried out by the Ministry of Finance of Rp59,662,235,000.
For the implementation of the 2026 National Internship, Yassierli said his side is still discussing with relevant ministries before later seeking approval from President Prabowo Subianto.
“So for the (National) Internship programme, it is currently still at the approval stage from the Ministry of Finance, the Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs, and certainly from Mr President,” he stated.
Previously, the Ministry of Manpower proposed an increase in the 2026 National Internship participant quota to 150,000 people, after last year it was 100,000 people.
Yassierli said his side is considering increasing the National Internship quota following high interest from the public, especially new graduates (fresh graduates), when the programme was launched last year.
He also assured that the review (monitoring) and evaluation of the first and second phases of the National Internship continue to run and are being improved.
Currently, the National Internship programme is participated in by around 100,000 participants spread across various companies, ministries, and institutions.
Its implementation is carried out in stages. For phase I, 14,952 participants are scheduled to complete their internship period on 19 April 2026.