VIDEO: Judging From The Free Lunch Program For School Children From Paslon Prabowo-Gibran

VIDEO: Judging By The Free Lunch Program For School Children From Paslon Prabowo-Gibran. (VOI Video graphics Team)

JAKARTA - Do you still remember the promise of free lunch and milk for school children in the plan for the program of the presidential and deputy candidate pair Prabowo Subianto - Gibran Rakabuming Raka? This discourse is considered impossible for some parties. However, if realized, it will certainly help millions of Indonesian children and business actors. What are the details like? Check out the following reviews.

To realize superior Indonesian Advanced Human Resources (HR) in 2045, candidate pair Prabowo-Gibran plans to free lunch and milk for 82.9 million Indonesian children. Although many parties are curious about this noble plan because it requires a large budget, this program is a dream for students who do not often consume milk and eggs. Judging by the number of students in Indonesia in the odd semester of 2023/2024, it reached 53.14 million people, 50 percent of whom are elementary school students, namely 24.04 million people.

At least, the APBN's prediction to run this program is around Rp. 400 trillion per year. Meanwhile, the assumption of government spending reaches Rp. 3,200 trillion per year, so that only for this program can reap 8 percent of the state budget. A very large amount, right? In addition, this program has the potential to be not on target and has the opportunity to become a new corruption land.

On the other hand, what needs to be fostered is not only school children, but also children who drop out of school. Based on data from the Ministry of Education and Culture, Research and Technology in 2022/2023, 9,892,412 junior high school students in all provinces. If realized, is it true that all regions can provide milk and eggs? Considering that both items cannot be supplied for a long time.

Let's just say that in a day in one area it requires 100 thousand eggs, is the government ready to provide adequate human resources for production to remote areas? Investigate, school food supply assistance for nutrition improvement has become the policy of the United States, India, and Britain. In the UK, the Mayor of London announced free school food funding for all London Elementary School students for the 2023/2024 school year.

Meanwhile, India, since 1995 the lunch program for 125 million children costs US$ 2.8 billion. Although the free lunch program will be difficult to realize, this can be the latest breakthrough for Indonesia to improve the welfare of students, especially in remote parts of the country. Watch the video below.