Continue The Study Quota, Nadiem Makarim Asks The Education Unit To Update Student Data For The New Academic Year

JAKARTA - The Minister of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology (Mendikbudristek) Nadiem Makarim asked the head of the education unit to update the data on the recipients of free learning quota assistance.

This is because the Ministry of Education and Culture will again distribute study quotas for students, students, teachers, and lecturers per September, October, and November 2021.

Nadiem requested that the telephone number data update on the basic education data system and higher education database in each education unit be carried out quickly. Considering, many students and students have just entered the 2021-2022 school year.

"Heads of education units need to immediately update, update student data, students, teachers, and lecturers. This must be done immediately, because of course we are entering a new school year. There will be many new students to fill," Nadiem said in a virtual press conference, Wednesday. , August 4th.

In this case, the Ministry of Education and Culture has allocated an internet data quota budget of IDR 2.3 trillion for 26.8 million recipients.

Nadiem explained, the amount of assistance for PAUD students is 7 GB per month and elementary and secondary education students get 10 GB per month.

Then, PAUD educators and primary and secondary education levels get 12 GB per month. Meanwhile, students and lecturers get 15 GB per month.

"We will distribute this quota subsidy on the 11th and 15th of September, on the 11th and 15th of October, and on the 11th and 15th of November 2021. This data quota will be valid for 30 days from receipt," he explained. .

Nadiem reminded that the overall quota assistance in 2021 was aimed at supporting the learning process.

However, the government provides general quota flexibility that can be used to access all pages and applications, except those blocked by the Ministry of Communication and Information and those listed on the official internet data quota assistance website.

"So, there are some applications that are not for education that we remove from use. But beyond that, we provide the greatest possible flexibility for users of this quota," he explained.