JAKARTA - The year 2023 has only been running for about a month and a half. However, it turns out that there have been 10 cases of alleged sexual violence in schools or educational units, boarding or not, with 86 children as victims.
This is based on the records of the Federation of Indonesian Teachers' Unions (FSGI) from early January to February 18, 2023.
Nine (9) cases have been recorded as having been reported to the police and all are in the process of being handled by the police, while 1 case in Gunung Kidul is resolved by transferring teaching classes and reducing teaching hours for unscrupulous teachers.
Chairman of the FSGI Expert Council Retno Listyarti explained, as many as 50 percent of cases of sexual violence occurred at the SD/MI level, 10 percent at the junior high school level, and 40 percent at the Islamic Boarding School.
"Of the 10 cases, 60 percent of the education units are under the authority of the Ministry of Religion and 40 percent are under the authority of the Ministry of Education and Culture," said Retno in his statement, Sunday, February 19.
Retno detailed that there were 10 perpetrators of sexual violence in the educational unit, all of whom were men. The status of the perpetrators, namely the leadership of Ponpes and Teachers as perpetrators, is the largest number, namely 40 percent each, the principal and schoolkeepers 10 percent each.
While the victims were a total of 86 children, both boys and girls. The boys were 37.20 percent victims and the girls' victims reached 62.80 percent," explained Retno.
"There are 1 case of sexual violence against children based online in 2023 and 9 cases were carried out offline by the perpetrators," he said.
The incident areas are located in 5 provinces and 10 regencies/cities, namely Mesuji Regency, Central Lampung, South Lampung, North Lampung, and West Lampung in Lampung Province; Batang Regency and Semarang City in Central Java; Gunung Kidul Regency in DI Yogyakarta; Jember Regency in East Java; and East Jakarta City in DKI Jakarta.
"The data shows that 50 percent of KS cases in education units occur in Lampung province, this of course requires further investigation regarding the consequences and efforts to overcome them. Meanwhile, 20 percent occurred in Central Java and 10 percent each occurred in DIY, East Java, and DKI Jakarta, he explained.
Furthermore, FSGI highlighted cases of sexual violence that occurred in religious-based boarding schools. FSGI considers that the power relationship between religious leaders and their students is strongly attached to the pesantren.
The values of santri's efficacy to obtain the blessings of the teacher and all the words of the kiai or ustad are something that must be done if it will not reduce blessings or benefits.
"So, the perpetrators are usually considered to have the truth of their rights, both their words and actions. Until only a few people believe in the truth of the sexual violence experienced by victims who incidentally are still minors," said Retno.
On that basis, Retno asked the central and local governments to ensure that educators who are perpetrators of sexual violence against their students must be punished, this is to encourage a deterrent effect and at the same time no child will become a victim again.
In addition, said Retno, FSGI encourages the Ministry of Education and Culture and the Ministry of Religion to conduct massive socialization and implement regulations that regulate the prevention and handling of acts of violence in educational units.
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