Because Of Data Input Telat In Dapodik, 3 Elementary Schools In Manokwari, West Papua Not Receiving 2023 BOS Funds

Atmosphere in front of the Manowari Education and Culture Office/Via ANTARA

MANOKWARI - As many as three elementary schools in Manokwari Regency, West Papua, will certainly not receive School Operational Assistance (BOS) funds in 2023 due to delays in uploading data in Basic Education Data (Dapodik). The Head of Elementary School, Education and Culture Office (Disdikbud) Manokwari, Philipus Pattykayhatu explained, the delay occurred because operators in three schools, namely SD YPPGI Mokwam, SD YPPGI Kig Puau and SD Sau Beba, were late in uploading files from the date set, August 31, 2022. "Because it passes from that date, these schools will receive a kind of administrative punishment according to the rules," he said in Manokwari, Antara, Tuesday, October 11. Philipus explained that operators in each school are very important in inputting data in the Dapodik. He ensured that Disdikbud could not interfere with the system without school permission so that the three schools that received administrative punishments were certainly not made up. The number of elementary schools in Manokwari Regency, he said, reached 130 schools, of which 126 were registered to obtain BOS funds. The amount of BOS funds per school is estimated at IDR 100 million which is divided into three stages in one year. The three elementary schools are unfortunately not getting BOS funds in 2023 because he considers BOS funds to be the only education funds that fall into the category of non-physical Special Allocation Funds (DAK) flowing into the regions and disbursed to schools. On the other hand, Philipus reminded schools to have their own operators for data input in the Dapodik. According to him, so far there have been several operators who are known to have served in concurrent schools of up to six schools both at the elementary and junior high school levels. The principal of YPPGI Mokwam Elementary School, Yunus Wonggor, confirmed the delay in data transfer by the school operator. He only hopes that in the future, both school operators and operators from the Manokwari Disdikbud can establish communication so that schools located on the edge of the city can complete Dapodik data on time. "Because we as the school only know that our data is submitted to the operator and they will input data. For this incident, frankly, we don't know for sure the date when the operator inputs the data until it is said to be too late," he said. Previously, three schools namely SD YPPGI Mokwam, SD YPPGI Kig Puau and SD Sau Beba unfurled seal banners at the Manokwari Disdikbud Office on Tuesday morning to find answers to the problems of not receiving the three schools to receive the third phase of BOS funds in 2022 and stages one, two and three in 2023. The banner was only released by representatives to three elementary schools after meeting the Head of the Manokwari Disdikbud, Martinus Dowansiba on Tuesday afternoon and receiving an explanation of not disbursing BOS funds to the three elementary schools due to the operator's negligence when entering data in the Dapodik.