Good News, Ministry Of Religion Immediately Disburses IDR 381 Billion For 28 Thousand Raudlatul Athfal

Director General of Islamic Education of the Ministry of Religion M. Ali Ramdhani. (ANTARA/HO-Kemenag)

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Religion (Kemenag) will immediately disburse Operational Assistance for the 2023 Implementation (BOP) for more than 28 thousand Raudlatul Athfal (RA) organizers or at the kindergarten level with a total budget of IDR 381 billion. "The budget of Rp. 381 billion is already in the account of the channeling bank. Raudlatul Atthfal's party can start processing the disbursement according to the technical guidelines issued by the Directorate General of Islamic Education," said Director General of Islamic Education at the Ministry of Religion M Ali Ramdhani in a statement received in Jakarta, Antara, Friday, March 24. Dhani said the current process was the first phase of the BOP RA disbursement. The budget is intended for 28,841 RA throughout Indonesia. According to him, the Ministry of Religion has processed the disbursement of Raudlatul Athfal's BOP funds since two weeks ago. "Some time ago I agreed to the disbursement. According to the procedure, the funds have been disbursed from the Directorate General of Treasury (DJPb) to the account of the BOP channeling bank belonging to the Ministry of Religion Islamic Education to then be disbursed into the accounts of each Raudlatul Athfal," he said. Meanwhile, the Director of Curriculum, Facilities, Institutions, and Student Affairs (KSKK) of the Ministry of Religion Mohammad Isom explained that in the first phase of disbursement, the BOP will be disbursed for 1,270,963 students of Raudlatul Athfal with a value of Rp600 thousand each. According to him, the disbursement process will be carried out in two stages. Isom hopes that all disbursements can be carried out entirely before Eid al-Fitr 1444 Hijri/2023 AD. "To get this fund, every Raudlatul Atthfal must implement the mechanism outlined in the guidelines, starting from uploading administrative files, verification, to technical disbursement at the bank," he said.