National Nutrition Agency Strengthens Data Validation for Free Nutritious Meal Programme, Involving Multiple Ministries and School Principals
JAKARTA — The National Nutrition Agency (BGN) is strengthening the validation of beneficiary data for the Free Nutritious Meal (MBG) Programme to ensure all target groups receive services accurately and equitably.
Deputy Head of the BGN, Sony Sonjaya, stated that the validation process is being conducted through coordination meetings involving vice-ministers, directors-general, and officials from the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education, the Ministry of Religious Affairs, the Ministry of Population and Family Development, the Ministry of Home Affairs, and the Ministry of Social Affairs, with full support from the Presidential Staff Office (KSP).
“Validating beneficiary data is our priority to ensure the implementation of the MBL Programme is increasingly well-targeted. Through data integration from various data providers, we are also conducting direct verification from the bottom up to ensure the data used is truly accurate,” Sony said in an official press statement on Tuesday (2/6/2026).
The mechanism involves the collection and matching of data for pregnant women, breastfeeding mothers, toddlers, and students ranging from early childhood education (PAUD) to secondary school (SMA/SMK), including students in Islamic boarding schools (pesantren).
The results of the beneficiary data validation can now be accessed by the public via the dashboard dasbord.validasidatapm.bgn.go.id.
The BGN is encouraging school principals, Posyandu managers, sub-district heads (lurah), village heads, district heads (camat), and regional leaders to actively check data within their respective areas.
“If there are pregnant women, breastfeeding mothers, toddlers, students, or santri who have not been recorded or have not received MBG services, this information can be immediately reported to the BGN through the District SPPI Coordinator or the WhatsApp hotline at 085111394466,” said Sony.
The data collection process involves the Babinsa (territorial defence officers) and is conducted hierarchically up to the Regional Military Command (Kodam) level before being submitted to the MBG programme implementation preparation team.
Sony acknowledged that during this initial phase, the BGN still faces resource limitations. “The number of BGN personnel at that time was also very limited, so formal cross-agency coordination could not yet be carried out optimally,” he said. “Valid data serves as an essential foundation to ensure the MBG Programme can reach all target groups accurately, equitably, and sustainably.”