JAKARTA - DKI Jakarta Governor Pramono Anung responded to the phenomenon of a number of residents who mortgaged the Jakarta Smart Card (KJP) ahead of Ramadan. He emphasized that he would immediately coordinate with the Education Office so that this practice did not occur.
"Especially for KJP, I will immediately coordinate with the Education Office so that it is not mortgaged," said Pramono in Kembangan, West Jakarta, Thursday, February 12.
According to him, KJP is a basic program aimed at breaking the chain of poverty through access to education for the lower classes.
"Because KJP is a principled thing to be able to change people's lives, especially at the bottom," he said.
Pramono associated the existence of KJP and other education assistance programs with the improvement of a number of socio-economic indicators in Jakarta. He said the data from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) showed an improving trend in several aspects.
"This is proven by the results of what, our BPS, the Central Statistics Agency, all our indicators related to poverty, stunting, and so on have improved," he said.
He believes that the improvement is inseparable from educational and social policy interventions, such as KJP, the Superior Jakarta Student Card (KJMU), to the diploma whitening program. Pramono also touched on Jakarta's economic growth, which he said was above the national average.
"All indications, Jakarta's economic indicators, which were released some time ago by the National Statistics Agency, Jakarta grew year to year, one year is 5.21 percent, above the national growth of 5.11 percent," he said.
Pramono added that indicators related to nutrition and social welfare also showed improvement. Currently, more than 707 thousand students have received KJP with a total budget of around Rp. 1.6 trillion.
"Why? The DKI Jakarta government provides what is called KJP, the Smart Jakarta Card, which is 707,520 more of our students, they get KJP, the Smart Jakarta Card," he said.
In addition, the DKI Provincial Government also provides KJMU for students who want to continue their education to a higher level.
Pramono assessed that not many regions allocate education budgets on a large scale like Jakarta. He again emphasized the importance of education as an instrument to reduce inequality.
"Because I believe that to cut the gini ratio, education is the key," he added.
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