No Longer A Meme, Now You Can Pay Tuition Fees Through GoPay

Minister of Education and Culture Nadiem Makarim (Irvan Meidianto / VOI)

JAKARTA - Since Gojek founder Nadiem Makarim was appointed by President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) as Minister of Education and Culture, there have been many jokes or memes on social media what if GoPay is used to pay for school Education Development Contribution (SPP). Now these jokes and memes have been successfully realized by Gojek.

Gojek officially announces its digital payment system, it can make tuition payments at schools. Not only tuition fees, other expenses such as books, uniforms, and extracurricular activities can also be paid for with this digital wallet through the Gojek application in the GoBills feature.

"This new service frees parents and guardians to pay for children's education anywhere and anytime without having to attend school. Busy parents can focus on other interests such as work without worrying about missing payment deadlines," said Arno Tse as Senior. Vice President Sales GoPay in his statement.

Meme Nadiem Makarim when appointed as Mendikbud (Twitter @ inlapa.dah)

Payment can be made via the Gojek application in the GoBills feature. Currently, there are around 180 educational institutions such as Islamic boarding schools, madrasas, schools and courses in Indonesia that have registered with GoBills.

Arno Tse explained that GoPay as electronic money has been widely used by Indonesians. The GoBills service will also make it easier for educational institutions to produce a tidier and more orderly recording of receipt transactions.

"We hope to reach more educational institutions throughout Indonesia to implement digital payments," he continued.

The GoPay pilot project for tuition payments has been carried out at Madrasah Ibtidaiyah (MI) Akhlaqiyah in Semarang, Central Java. A number of educational institutions have also been registered as GoPay partners for GoBills services, some of which are Al Azhar, Al Irsyad, BKB Nurul Fikri, LP3i, and An Nuqthah Islamic Boarding School.

Then how do you pay tuition fees via GoPay? It's easy, open the Go-Jek application then select the Other Services option, click GoBills then select an educational institution, then enter the student ID, click continue to confirm payment.

GoBills payment methods (doc. GoPay)

After the payment process is complete, the user will receive proof of the transaction at the bottom of the screen and this proof is also sent to the user's e-mail. This service can help schools and parents tidy up school expense and revenue records.

Since its launch in 2017, GoBills can be used to pay various types of bills such as education, water, electricity, credit, BPJS health, internet, cable TV, insurance, taxes to zakat. Payment can use GoPay.

Apart from tuition fees, GoPay can also be used for payments at the canteens of several educational institutions. Decacorn's non-cash payment has collaborated with 50 Vocational High Schools (SMK) in North Jakarta at the beginning of last year.