DKI Provincial Government Targets Free Private School Gubernatorial Regulation To Be Issued In The Next 2 Months

Special Staff to the Governor and Deputy Governor of Jakarta for Public Communication, Cyril wary Hakim alias Chico Hakim when met in the Thousand Islands, Friday (4/7/2025). ANTARA/Lifia Mawaddah Putri.

JAKARTA - The DKI Jakarta Provincial Government has carried out trials of free private school programs in 40 schools ranging from elementary, junior high, to high school/vocational schools. However, this program does not yet have a legal umbrella that approves its implementation.

Special Staff to the Governor of DKI Jakarta for Public Communication Chico Hakim said that the DKI Provincial Government is currently drafting a governor regulation (pergub) that approves free private school trials.

It is targeted that the governor's regulation will be signed by the Governor of DKI Jakarta, Pramono Anung, and will be issued in the next two months.

"It's been about 2 months at most. The process of preparing legal products is still ongoing in the service with the Legal Bureau," Chico said in a short message, Thursday, July 17.

In the implementation of the trial, the DKI Provincial Government runs this program in 40 private schools. It is recorded that around 4,932 students from 40 private schools in Jakarta have received a reduction in education costs. The DKI Provincial Government has prepared a budget of Rp90 billion for this year's free school trials.

"Separuh lebih diambil dari APBD yang eksisting. Sisanya menunggu APBD perubahan yang diketok di DPRD DKI akhir bulan ini," ujar Chico.

Previously, the Secretary of the DKI Jakarta Education Office, Taga Radja Gah, admitted that the Governor of DKI Jakarta, Pramono Anung, had not issued a free school governor's regulation. So, the DKI Provincial Government has not been able to distribute its funding when the trial began on Monday, July 14.

"We simultaneously (run the program and prepare the governor's regulation) at the same time. If we wait for the governor's regulation first, later (students registered for free schools) we can't go to school. Poor," Taga told reporters.

The DKI Provincial Government has also asked for the willingness of schools participating in free school trials to wait for the governor's regulation to be issued so that the budget can be distributed. The best online specialties

Thus, the classes or study groups that are included in the free school trials run using funds from the school and students who have previously paid tuition fees.

Later, those who have made independent payments will receive refunds.

"What if the one that has been recorded? A statement will be made using a stampai that will be returned if the money is disbursed," he explained.

As an initial stage, the free education program that has been piloted this year has not yet targeted all students. Of the total 14,905 students in the 436 study groups in the 40 schools, the DKI Provincial Government has only financed free schools on 4,932 students from 142 study groups who are early classes or new batches.