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Govt provides scholarship funds for 1,436 native Papuan students

The Papua Human Resources Development Agency (BPSDM) has distributed scholarship funds to 1,436 native Papuan students ...

Social Affairs Ministry proposes Rp3.2 trillion of aid for orphans

The Social Affairs Ministry has suggested allocating Rp3.2 trillion to assist orphaned children, including those that ...

Public to benefit from switching to digital television broadcasting

The switch from analog television to digital television broadcasting will benefit the public in terms of an ...

Realization of PEN budget reached Rp252.3 trillion in first semester

Realization of the national economic recovery program (PEN) budget in the first semester of 2021 had reached Rp252.3 ...

Expect Cenderawasih University to serve as think tank: VP

Indonesian Vice President Ma'ruf Amin has expressed the hope that Cenderawasih University (Uncen) would function as ...

Govt offers 900 scholarships for native Papuans from poor families

The Papua provincial government has offered 450 scholarships for native Papuans from low-income families under each of ...

Minister believes sharia economy and finance to facilitate recovery

Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati laid emphasis that sharia economy and finance should contribute to the recovery ...

Government should re-contemplate halting cash aid for poor: lawmaker

Deputy House Speaker Azis Syamsuddin has appealed to the Social Affairs Ministry to reevaluate stopping cash social ...

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Social security program seeks to address poverty challenge

The COVID-19 pandemic, which has triggered a global economic crisis, is posing a real challenge to many countries, ...

Central Java opens free virtual schools to lower dropout rate

Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo has started free virtual schools for children from poor families to lower the ...

Ensure social safety net is effective and on target: Jokowi

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has called on his staff to ensure that programs under the social protection net scheme ...

Home improvement program absorbs 236,689 workers until September

The government program for home improvement and re-construction or called the Self-help Housing Stimulant Assistance ...

Pandemic can provide momentum for reform : Finance Minister

Indonesia’s Minister of Finance, Sri Mulyani Indrawati, has said the COVID-19 pandemic could provide momentum for ...

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Online schooling for offline Hasya

Hasya Mardati (7) walked across the street to her neighbor's house to start the class. A smile hovered on her lips ...

Govt to disburse social aid to 8.3 mln households

The Indonesian Government has promised to distribute social aid funds to 8.3 million beneficiary households that have ...