OJK: Indonesian Student Savings Value Reaches IDR 29 Trillion

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JAKARTA - Chairman of the Board of Commissioners of the Financial Services Authority (OJK) Mahendra Siregar said, currently the savings value of Indonesian students reaches a total of Rp29 trillion. With this fund, Mahendra continued, when compared to the financing of toll road construction, it can finance about 600 kilometers (km). "With such a large fund if 1 km of toll roads are construction costs in the range of 50 billion. So if Rp29 trillion from one student account, they can already finance 600 km of toll roads," Mahendra said, quoted from Antara, Monday, August 21. With that large student savings value, it is estimated that they will be able to finance the construction of toll roads as many as seven or eight times as the Jakarta-Bandung toll road. Through this enormous potential, his party invites students to open savings accounts, so that in the future the potential that is beneficial for the country can be created. "Imagine if these people will continue to save as adults have a job career, what we need for development funding, whether it is for infrastructure, industry, MSMEs can be more and more fulfilled themselves," he explained. Meanwhile, the Chief Executive of the Behavior Supervisor of Financial Services Business Actors, Education, and Consumer Protection of OJK Friederica Widyasari Dewi said, his party targets financial inclusion programs as much as 90 percent by 2024.

"Jadi untuk mendukung target kami secara umum 90 persen inklusif keuangan pada 2024," ujarnya.Hingga 30 Juni 2023, jumlah rekening pelajar telah mencapai 52,73 juta rekening atau 83,24 persen dari total pelajar di Indonesia.Adapun Satu Rekening Satu Pelajar (KEJAR) ini merupakan implementasi dari Keputusan Presiden RI No. 26 Tahun 2019 tentang Hari Indonesia Menabung (HIM), sekaligus bentuk Aksi Pelajar Indonesia Menabung (APIM) yang mendorong seluruh pelajar untuk memiliki rekening tabungan.