OJK Increases Sharia Financial Literacy And Inclusion To Santri

Chief Executive of Financing Institutions, Ventura Capital Companies, Micro Financial Institutions, and Other Financial Services Institutions OJK Agusman. (Photo: Doc. Antara)

JAKARTA - The Financial Services Authority (OJK) together with all stakeholders continue to strive to encourage an increase in the Islamic financial literacy and inclusion index, especially for students in Central Kalimantan Province by organizing Santri Day Financial Education.

Chief Executive of the Supervision of Financing Institutions, Ventura Capital Companies, Micro Financial Institutions, and Other Financial Services Institutions OJK Agusman said, based on the results of the 2024 OJK National Literacy and Inclusion Survey, the financial literacy and inclusion index was 65.43 percent and 75.02 percent.

"This figure means that there are still many people who already have access to formal financial services, but the level of financial literacy is still lower," Agusman said in Jakarta, quoted from Antara, Wednesday, October 23.

This was conveyed by Agusman in the Santri Day Financial Education Activity as part of the Peak of the 2024 Central Kalimantan Province Financial Inclusion Month (BIK).

Therefore, he said that financial education must be part of the pesantren curriculum so that students increasingly understand various financial products and services that are beneficial for them.

"So, students must be introduced to various financial products and get to know financial services so that they can be more useful and can become financial actors, especially those based on sharia principles for our progress and finances," he said.

Agusman emphasized the importance of collaboration between regulators and financial services institutions and Islamic boarding schools to increase public financial understanding, especially students, so that they can contribute to the welfare of the surrounding community.

Efforts to increase Islamic financial literacy are also in line with the low Islamic financial literacy index, which is 39.11 percent, while the Islamic financial inclusion index is 12.88 percent.

"This shows that all elements of society must work hard to better understand the concept of sharia, including doing it in everyday life so that we can increase our financial literacy and inclusion numbers in terms of sharia," he said.

The various OJK initiative programs aimed at increasing Indonesia's Islamic financial literacy and inclusion index, including the Santri program for Sharia Financial Literacy Literacy (Sakina), Sharia Financial Inclusive Islamic Boarding School Ecosystem (EPIKS), the Indonesia Sharia Financial Olympiad Program, and the Sharia Financial Business Education and Emergence Forum (FEBIS).