'KJP Hasn't Disbursed, Sir!' This Mother Shouted At Heru Budi While In Palmerah

Acting Governor Of DKI Heru Budi Hartono/DOK PHOTO: Diah Ayu-VOI

JAKARTA - The call for a woman to the Acting Governor of DKI Jakarta Heru Budi Hartono was heard after the inauguration of the house arrangement in Palmerah Village, West Jakarta. It's not about the house arrangement program, the mother asked Heru to hear her complaints. She complained that the distribution of Jakarta Smart Card (KJP) funds for her child had not yet been disbursed. "The KJP has not been disbursed, sir, no, sir, it has not yet been entered, it is still in process, sir, it is still in process," the mother exclaimed, Wednesday, July 3. Before Heru left the location, the residents' complaints were asked by the media crew. Heru admitted that he had signed the governor's regulation (pergub) for the 2024 KJP Plus disbursement. "KJP has been disbursed, it's been a long time. I signed it," said Heru. The KJP complaint that has not been disbursed has also been conveyed by a number of residents on the DKI Jakarta Education Office's Instagram account. They asked for certainty about the status of the KJP disbursement of students who are still in the verification process. Meanwhile, Disdik replied through the comments column in their account content upload. Disdik admitted that there are still a number of KJP Plus recipients in phase I 2024 who are still being verified. "For prospective KJP Plus recipients phase I in 2024 on the website of the 'Student Service verification process', currently it is still being re-verified by relevant stakeholders. This effort is made to ensure that the social assistance received by the recipient is right on target," he explained. Previously, the DKI Jakarta Education Office finally began disbursing the Jakarta Smart Card (KJP) Plus phase I social assistance gradually starting last June 13. Acting Head of the DKI Jakarta Provincial Education Office, Budi Awaluddin, explained that the first batch of KJP Pluses will be distributed to 460,143 recipient students.

"We apologize for the delay in disbursing the KJP in DKI Jakarta, because we must ensure that the budget for social assistance in the education sector can be accepted by people who need it and are right on target," Budi said in his statement. Meanwhile, in the second batch of KJP Plus, the DKI Provincial Government will still re-verify 130,101 prospective recipients to ensure that these residents are from underprivileged groups.