Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education: Cutting PIP Funds Will Be Subject to Criminal Charges

JAKARTA, KOMPAS - The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education or Kemendikdasmen has warned all parties not to misuse the funds from the Smart Indonesia Program or PIP. This is because these funds are used by the nation's future generations to meet various educational needs, such as purchasing books, uniforms, stationery, and other supporting necessities.

Secretary of the Directorate General of Early Childhood Education, Primary Education, and Secondary Education (Secretary of Ditjen PDM) of the Ministry of Education and Culture, Eko Susanto, stated that PIP is a cash assistance provided to students from poor or vulnerable families. This PIP is intended to alleviate the personal education costs of students, both direct and indirect costs.

He emphasized that every educational unit must continue to enhance transparency by involving school supervisors and parents or guardians in this program so that it becomes a shared responsibility.

"Educational units must maintain and comply with the PIP Guidelines. Because there will be criminal sanctions for perpetrators if it is found that they have cut PIP funds," said Eko in a press statement on Tuesday (11/2/2025).

Therefore, the updating of the Basic Education Data (Dapodik) that is comprehensive, reliable, accurate, and timely becomes the key to achieving the targeted objectives of the Smart Indonesia Program (PIP) in order to enhance the expansion of educational access for all students in Indonesia.

PIP funds will be distributed in three terms, namely: February-April 2025, May-September 2025, and October-December 2025.

Valid data greatly supports the planning, implementation, evaluation, and control of educational development. Decision-making in the planning and control of educational development, both at the central, provincial, and district/city levels, is greatly influenced by the availability of complete, valid, reliable, relevant, and timely data.

He emphasized that errors in the data used would result in the planning being useless and control of educational development would be in vain.

"Based on the objectives of PIP and its principles, I urge all parties, from regional apparatus organizations, educational units, to parents, to ensure that eligible students for PIP are registered as prospective PIP recipients. So that all Indonesian children can continue their education, at least up to the secondary education level," he said.

The Head of the Center for Education Financing Services (Kapuslapdik) of the Ministry of Education and Culture, Adhika Ganendra, added that the completeness of student data in Dapodik greatly supports the smooth implementation of the PIP in assisting students from poor/vulnerable families who are currently at the primary and secondary education levels, so that they can be designated as PIP recipients.

If there are obstacles, said Adhika, educational units should immediately coordinate with the local education office so that nothing is overlooked. This is because the completeness of student data in Dapodik for the proposal of PIP becomes the starting point for data processing up to the determination.

"Data that is left behind or has not been updated before yesterday's deadline (February 10), will only be processed at the second cut-off for the distribution year, namely August 31, 2025," said Adhika.

The mechanism for updating student data in Dapodik for PIP proposals needs to pay attention to important related variables. Information about PIP for Elementary and Secondary Education, starting from guidelines, regulations, Granting Decrees, Nomination Decrees and Digital KIP, can directly access Si Pintar through the address pip.kemdikbud.go.id.

"If there are any odd aspects, you can report them to the list of institutions listed in the Attachment to the Regulation of the Secretary General of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology Number 19 of 2024 concerning Guidelines for the Implementation of the Smart Indonesia Program for Primary and Secondary Education," he said.

The distribution of PIP funds each year has reached the expected target amount since 2015, which is 17,927,992 students and in 2024 it will increase to 18,594,627 students. The total budget also increased from IDR 9.62 trillion to IDR 13.44 trillion in the same period.

The education office is advised to coordinate or consult with all educational units so that prioritization of students from those most in need to be proposed can be carried out optimally. The PIP funds are distributed in three terms, namely February-April 2025, May-September 2025, and October-December 2025.

The following are details of the amount of PIP funds in 2025 based on education level:

1. Elementary School/Special Elementary School/Package A students:

• Kelas I–V menerima Rp 450.000 per tahun.
• Kelas VI menerima Rp 225.000 per tahun.

2. Junior High School/Special Junior High School/Package B students:

• Kelas VII dan VIII mendapatkan Rp 750.000 per tahun.
• Kelas IX mendapatkan Rp 375.000 per tahun.

3. High School/Vocational High School/Special Special High School/Package C students:

• Kelas X dan XI memperoleh Rp 1,8 juta per tahun.
• Kelas XII memperoleh Rp 900.000 per tahun