What Is The One Account One Student Program That Is Now Being Intensified For Students?

Illustration of OJK (Doc. Antara)

YOGYAKARTA The government continues to encourage increased public financial literacy, especially among students.

This is realized through a program called One Account One Student or abbreviated as a chase program. Then, what is one student's account program?

In general, the one-year account program for one student (racing) is one of the government's efforts to instill a culture of saving from an early age.

This is based on Presidential Regulation Number 114 of 2O2O concerning the National Strategy for Inclusive Finance.

Program pengejar juga jadi salah bentuk implementasi Keputusan Presiden (Keppres) Nomor 26 Tahun 2019 tentang Hari Indonesia Menabung.

Responding to the two rules, the Financial Services Authority (OJK) then issued a pursuit program.

Quoted from Antara, the pursuit program is one of the OJK's strategies to improve financial literacy among students and students in order to shape the character of Indonesian children who instill a culture of saving from an early age.

Children are asked to set aside money to save. That way, children indirectly learn the basic concept of financial management that is useful in the future when they grow up.

Children are also expected to have an account so that they can get used to saving from an early age at the formal Financial Services Institute (LJK).

Quoted from the ojk.go.id website, the program to increase financial literacy is one of the OJK's priority programs carried out with the Ministry of Education and Culture, Research and Technology, Ministry of Religion, and the Financial Services Industry.

In its implementation, the pursuit program is carried out in accordance with the policies of each region.

For example in Ciamis Regency. The local district government issued several provisions based on the Regent's Circular Number: 420/4580-Disdik.1/2022 dated August 31, 2022.

Some provisions are as follows.

Getting used to saving yourself up early so that when you grow up, this habit can be easy to do. Students who are starting to get used to saving, follow saving tips for students that are easy to do, namely as follows.

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