Minister of Education: Education Budget to be Increased, Not Cut for MBG

JAKARTA - Minister of Basic and Secondary Education (Mendikdasmen) Abdul Mu'ti ensures that there will be an increase in the 2026 budget and it will not be cut for the Free Nutritious Meal (MBG) Program.

"The budget is even bigger after there is MBG, because the President will be added. Therefore, the Ministry of Finance submitted an additional cost budget (ABT)," said Mu'ti as reported by ANTARA, Thursday, February 19.

Mu'ti stated this during a coordination meeting for the implementation of the MBG Program in Surabaya, East Java. He explained, ABT is an additional allocation in the current year's state budget that is urgent.

Muti also said that currently 43 million MBG beneficiaries are school students. According to him, the MBG Program has also supported the Kemendikdasmen program to give them a spirit of learning and character strengthening.

"MBG also supports the seventh program in Indonesia is great, namely eating healthy and nutritious food," he said.

Mu’ti emphasized that the Ministry of Education and Culture still has a large allocation for improving the quality of education without any reduction in funds from the government.

He then compared several large budgets in the Ministry of Education in 2025 and 2026. In 2025, the Ministry of Education received an allocation of Rp. 16.9 trillion for the revitalization of educational units, which was applied to 16,176 educational units. Currently, educational units whose construction has been completed 100 percent have reached 93 percent.

In 2026, the Ministry of Education and Culture has also allocated a budget for the revitalization of educational units. Currently, the budget that has been included in the State Budget is more than Rp. 14 trillion. The budget will be allocated for more than 11 thousand educational units.

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