UIN Education Observer: Governance Errors Cause Indonesia's Education Not To Advance

JAKARTA Education observer UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta, Jejen Musfah assessed that the amount of education funds allocated in the 2026 State Budget must be focused on solving various main problems, such as the welfare of teachers to the quality of schools and their facilities.

"Education funds must focus on main educational problems such as teacher welfare, equitable education, dropping out of school, quality of schools and facilities," he said, Sunday, August 17, 2025.

According to him, so far, mismanagement of education funds has been the main factor that makes education in Indonesia not advanced, even though the budget spent is always large. Mistakes the management of education funds or mismanagement. For example, there is no policy of improving the welfare of teachers, improving the quality of classrooms, toilets, learning facilities and research," he added.

Regarding research, Jejen said research from the world of education in Indonesia is not directly connected to the industry, in this case, many research results do not continue to the production level. Only in journals and libraries. The faculty should be official education, so that our prospective teachers are top ten," he said.

Previously, in a state speech at the hearing on the submission of the Financial Note and RAPBN for Fiscal Year 2026, President Prabowo Subianto revealed that the government would budget around Rp757.8 trillion for the education sector, or become the largest in history.

The President emphasized that education is an instrument to eradicate poverty. Therefore, the government is committed to fulfilling the 20 percent education budget, which is around IDR 757.8 trillion for 2026.