North Jakarta City Government and Baznas Allocate Rp440 Million to Redeem Residents' Diplomas

The North Jakarta City Government (Pemkot Jakut) together with the local Amil Zakat Body of the National Zakat Agency (Bazis Baznas) has allocated a budget of Rp440,809,000 to redeem diplomas belonging to hundreds of residents that were held by their respective schools.

“Total of 246 beneficiaries, consisting of 64 people from schools in the Education Sub-District Region I and 182 others from Region II,” said the Head of the Education Sub-District Region II of North Jakarta, Heni Nurhayani, in Jakarta on Tuesday.

She stated that the hundreds of redeemed diplomas include 17 primary school graduates, 103 junior high school graduates, 15 high school graduates, 97 vocational high school graduates, and 14 community learning centre or skills course graduates.

“This is not just the government’s work, but a collective movement to bring social justice in the field of education,” said Heni.

Furthermore, she hopes that the received diplomas will become a symbol of reopening opportunities to continue education.

“Then, they can obtain more decent jobs and improve their standard of living,” Heni added.

A graduate of Sahid 1 Vocational High School in North Jakarta said her diploma was held for three years due to financial constraints.

She also acknowledged that the redemption process was easy and felt very happy because the diploma will be used to apply for jobs.

“I hope I can get a job soon,” Tasya hoped.