JAKARTA - The Coordinating Ministry for Human Development and Culture (PMK) together with the Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education (Kemendikdasmen) will coordinate after the Constitutional Court (MK) decision regarding basic education for nine years is free in public and private schools.
Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture Pratikno said coordination was carried out to formulate an implementation strategy. This is because the government is serious about following up on the decision, especially in terms of regulation and financing.
"We need a precise and measurable strategy. The affirmative spirit needs to be described in the details of an implementative policy," said Pratikno, quoted from his written statement, Saturday, May 31.
Saat duduk bersama, sambung Pratikno, akan dibahas penyesuaian regulasi, skema pembiayaan baru yang lebih adil bagi sekolah swasta, penguatan tata kelola, serta evaluasi dan penyesuaian anggaran agar pendidikan dasar yang lebas biaya dan mengjangkai semua anak. Tidak terlecuali bagi yang berada di luar sistem formal dan anak tidak sekolah (ATS).
In addition, the government will pay serious attention to millions of school-age children who have not access to education. Because the Constitutional Court's decision expands access to education and removes economic barriers for underprivileged families whose children attend private schools due to limited capacity of public schools.
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Currently, 3.9 million children have not attended school; 881,168 children have dropped out of school; 1,027,014 children have graduated but have not continued; and 2,077,596 children have never attended school based on data from the Ministry of Education and Culture.
"This Constitutional Court decision reaffirms the constitutional mandate that education is the right of every citizen. The state is responsible for ensuring access to fair and inclusive basic education for all Indonesian people," said the former UGM rector.
As previously reported, the Constitutional Court (MK) granted part of the judicial review of Article 34 paragraph (2) of Law Number 20 of 2003 concerning the National Education System (UU Sisdiknas). Applications were submitted by the Indonesian Education Monitoring Network along with three individual applicants, namely Fathiyah, Novianisa Rizkika, and Riris Risma Anjiningrum.
In the decision Number 3/PUU-XXII/2024, it is stated that the government is obliged to provide free basic education for all children in Indonesia, both in public and private schools. The Constitutional Court read it out on Tuesday, May 27
In its consideration, the Constitutional Court stated that the phrase "mandatory to study at least at the basic level of education without collecting fees" in Article 34 paragraph (2) of the National Education System Law gives rise to multiple interpretations and discriminatory treatment, thus contradicting the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia.
Then the state emphasized that it still has a constitutional obligation to ensure that no students are hampered from obtaining basic education due to economic factors and limitations of basic educational facilities.
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