Again, The DKI DPRD Proposal For KJP To Be Removed

Illustration of the KJP Plus Card (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - The DKI Jakarta DPRD has again proposed that the smart Jakarta Card Program (KJP) Plus be removed. Member of Commission E of the DKI Jakarta DPRD, Abdul Aziz Muslim, assessed that there are still many students in private schools who are not registered as beneficiaries of KJP.

According to Abdul Aziz Muslim, the DKI Provincial Government is better off removing the KJP and then diverting the budget for education operational assistance to make all schools in Jakarta free, including private schools.

"I hope that the KJP is removed. So, just together with the state or the private sector, everything is free. We have a budget," said Abdul Azis Muslim in his statement, Friday, March 8.

The member of the NasDem faction of the DKI DPRD emphasized that there are still many underprivileged students who are forced to receive education in private schools because they do not receive a quota of public schools in the admission of new students (PPDB).

The students also have to pay tuition fees every month. Because, according to Abdul Aziz Muslim, there are still many students in private schools who are not registered as KJP recipients.

He regretted that the registration of KJP was very difficult and many conditions had to be met. Not to mention the zoning problems that Jakarta residents often complain about during PPDB every year. According to him, free schools are a more effective solution than KJP.

"So it's not complicated if all schools are free. Also there is no more every year we must complain about zoning problems and KJP. In the past period, there were no problems for KJP. But it's a different story that people want to get KJP at this time, it's very difficult. Starting from Disdik, Social Service, PPAPP Service, must go through it all, "he said.

Previously, in August 2023, a member of Commission E of the DKI Jakarta DPRD from the Golkar faction, Basri Baco, viewed that the KJP Plus program given to students so far has not been fully targeted.

Based on the residents' complaints he received, there were still underprivileged families whose single child was the recipient of the KJP. Meanwhile, there are other families whose all children received the education assistance.

"Fakta di lapangan ada satu keluarga 4 anaknya dapat dan ada keluarga yang satu pun tidak dapat. Ini tidak adil," kata Baco dalam raperda bertemuan hasil pembahasan Raperda tentang P2APBD Tahun Anggaran 2023.

If the implementation of the distribution of KJP is still not on target, Baco proposes that the DKI Provincial Government remove the KJP program, then replace it with a free school, especially the private sector in certain categories.

Given, there are still many cases of underprivileged students receiving education in private schools. Then, when graduating, he could not take his diploma at school because he had not paid his tuition fees.

"If only public schools are free, private schools are free, especially C and D, then no more diplomas will be withheld. There are no more complaints every year, no more children will drop out of school. We can make this happen," said Basri.