Bali Provincial Government Select Buleleng, Bangli And Gianyar For Free Nutrition Eating Simulations

DENPASAR - The Provincial Government (Pemprov) of Bali has selected three districts that will be simulated for free nutritious feeding for students.

Head of the Bali Education, Youth and Sports Office (Disdikpora) KN Boy Jaya Wibawa said the districts were Buleleng, Bangli, and Gianyar.

Later each district, he said, will be taken by two pilot schools consisting of elementary and junior high schools. However, the trial schedule is still waiting for the direction of the Governor of Bali.

"Of course we will synergize with the district government, because it is the authority of the district, what is targeted is the elementary, junior high, and special school levels. Of course, currently it is still a public school," said Boy, Tuesday, November 19.

Disdikpora Bali noted that the average number of pilot schools was hundreds of students, so that around 1,300 children would follow the simulation.

"The students all joined, so like elementary school, they were in grades one to six. Then for junior high school up to ninth grade," said Boy.

He said that currently the Bali Provincial Government is calculating the costs required for the simulation. They also consider the nutritional needs of students at each level.

Boy said that currently the cost per nutritious food package is free in the range of Rp. 16,500-Rp. 20,000, this figure includes milk and efforts are made to provide funding from social responsibility program assistance and the private company environment.

Disdikpora Bali will coordinate with the relevant district Disdikpora to discuss food providers.

"This is not clear in the budget for change, then this also collaborates with either PKK or BUMDes or Committee mothers. If it's like in Buleleng, PKK, then in Gianyar and Bangli it uses BUMDess. This is being formulated," said Boy as quoted by ANTARA.

Currently, the Bali Provincial Government has only designed a simulation process once. This is to see the potential for problems when the program is actually realized in January 2025. They are targeting this trial to be carried out at least three times so that other regencies/cities are also targeted.