Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education to Change PIP Fund Proposal Scheme
BANDUNG – Indonesia’s Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education (Kemendikdasmen) is changing the proposal scheme for the Indonesia Pintar Programme (PIP) funds to ensure they can be absorbed optimally. This was stated by Deputy Minister of Basic and Secondary Education (Wamendikdasmen) Atip Latipulhayat.
According to him, based on data collected by Kemendikdasmen, there are PIP funds worth more than Rp600 billion that have been returned to the state treasury. This is due to various technical and geographical obstacles in the field, preventing the funds from being disbursed.
Atip emphasised that the return of funds due to these technical reasons is mostly not caused by violations, but by recipients’ lack of knowledge. Additionally, there are factors of inefficient bureaucratic processes.
“So, around Rp600 billion has been returned. This return is mainly due to reasons that are actually not violations, but due to lack of knowledge, lack of clarity, and geographical reasons. We will fix that,” said Wamendikdasmen Atip at the launch of Jaga Indonesia Pintar together with the Attorney General’s Office in Bandung, West Java, on Wednesday (6/5/2026).
To minimise idle funds, he continued, Kemendikdasmen is now reviewing changes to the PIP recipient proposal policy. Atip proposed that submissions can be made directly by schools, no longer through local government education offices (disdik). This way, the incoming data will be more factual and in line with students’ conditions.
The prosecutor’s office stated that the Jaga Indonesia Pintar platform serves as a direct monitoring system for PIP recipients to report any form of fund deductions or abuse of authority.
According to Deputy Attorney General for Intelligence (Jamintel) Reda Manthovani, this system provides direct access for students and parents to report if the received PIP funds are not intact. He emphasised that the Attorney General’s Office will follow up if findings relate to criminal matters.