In The ILC, Minister Of Finance Sri Mulyani Explains Indonesia's Education Budget In 2023

Minister of Finance (Menkeu) Sri Mulyani Indrawati. (Photo: Theresia Agatha/VOI)

BALI - The Ministry of Finance (Kemenkeu) has allocated an education budget of US$40 billion or equivalent to Rp612.2 trillion this year.

Minister of Finance (Menkeu) Sri Mulyani Indrawati said that most of the education budgets were allocated to support primary education to high school because the composition of Indonesian demographics (about education) was still low, especially for young people.

Thus, the capacity of local governments to manage in an organized and responsible manner is a very critical point of education struggle.

"In the last 20 years, Indonesia's education priorities have increased, our achievements are also, such as physical buildings by building all schools for Indonesian children. This is really a big challenge, considering that geographically we are very large and the population is uneven," Sri Mulyani said in her speech which was broadcast online at the Inclusive Lifelong Learning Conference (ILCC) event in the Nusa Dua area, Bali, Wednesday, July 5.

Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani said the Indonesian government had expanded the school building through the president's interests or called stay in press to increase access to education for all children throughout Indonesia since 2005.

"We also introduce grants given directly to schools or we call them school operational assistance," he said.

According to him, this is so that schools in Indonesia are able to provide more learning and also manage resources optimally.

"This is also in order to improve more facilities and infrastructure, as well as learning tools and multimedia to support teaching and learning activities," said Sri Mulyani.

With this ILC event, continued Sri Mulyani, it is hoped that representatives of every country present can share the idea that education is an important and fundamental aspect for every country to make progress.

This is because human resources are the key to success for every country that wants to fight for prosperity and its dignity.

"I congratulate the Coordinating Minister for the Economy and the UNESCO Institute for life learning or UIL for organizing today's event by inviting representatives from 70 countries to explore life learning," said the Minister of Finance.

"What I think is because each country may have its own experience, so we can expand views and experiences that are also in line with the Sustainable Development Goals in 2030," he added.