By : Tyas Permata Wiyana )*
The government ensures that there is no gap in infrastructure development to human resources (HR) in various fields, including the education sector in the National Capital City (IKN) of the archipelago and the surrounding areas.
This is very much in line with the government’s efforts so far to achieve equitable development in various fields throughout all regions and remote areas of Indonesia by changing the development paradigm from one that was initially Java-centric, now to Indonesia-centric.
Therefore, there are no gaps in anything, whether in infrastructure development to the availability and quality of educational human resources (HR) in IKN and the surrounding area.
Even though the government is currently promoting development in the capital city of the archipelago, in line with plans to move the national capital from DKI Jakarta to East Kalimantan (Kaltim) province, this does not mean that it will create a new gap between the region that is the center of IKN and the surrounding areas.
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The government continues to push so that there is no gap or that other regions in East Kalimantan are not left behind by the capital city of the archipelago, both in terms of infrastructure and the educational methods that occur there.
In this way, equal and fair development can be realized in parallel with various other regions so that there are no gaps which actually reduce the potential of other surrounding regions. Moreover, constitutionally, the law states that education is a right for all Indonesian citizens.
Meanwhile, Deputy for Coordination of Social Welfare Improvement, Coordinating Ministry for Human Development and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia (Kemenko PMK RI), Nunung Nuryartono revealed that the government, through its party as data manager for the Targeting the Acceleration of Elimination of Extreme Poverty (P3KE) continues to encourage the IKN Authority to utilize data the.
Utilizing this data will increasingly provide a vital contribution as a basis for mapping social welfare programs for residents living in the National Capital Region (IKN) of the archipelago.
The existence of this database means that the IKN Authority will be much more precise in formulating affirmative policy instruments on target. Not only that, but this data also becomes the basis for ministries and institutions that will collaborate in the development of the Indonesian Capital City in accordance with their areas of duty in the human development life cycle.
This collaborative effort is very important considering that there will be a projected transfer of State Civil Apparatus (ASN), then the Indonesian National Army (TNI), the Indonesian National Police (Polri) to non-ASN and their families in stages.
The number of residents who will occupy IKN is recorded to have reached around 200 thousand people and is projected to reach 2 million people by 2045. Therefore, the government is trying to mitigate the risk of social issues as early as possible so that social inequality risks do not occur.
Moreover, the ultimate goal of IKN development is an effort to achieve zero poverty and zero stunting, making the IKN Authority absolutely in need of an accurate and reliable database.
Efforts to realize zero poverty and zero stunting in the capital of the archipelago also go hand in hand with the service sectors that the government has prepared, such as hospitals, schools and other supporting industries which will start operating as soon as possible along with the transfer of ASN.
On the other hand, the Minister of State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN), Erick Thohir, said that the government’s acceleration of IKN development in East Kalimantan was part of a strategic effort to continue to encourage the realization of inclusive economic growth and also equitable development throughout the country.
The main reason why the Indonesian Government is building the National Capital of the Archipelago is to continue to maintain economic growth and also prevent inequality so that development is more evenly distributed throughout Indonesia.
IKN itself is planned to become a new administrative center which aims to overcome development disparities between regions and also further strengthen national infrastructure, thereby having a positive impact on economic growth.
The National Capital City (IKN) of the Archipelago is not only an icon for infrastructure modernization, but also breaks the principle and assumption that development only focuses on the island of Java.
In this case, the government has a very strong commitment to carrying out development that does not only focus on Java, but also in various regions in the archipelago.
The Government of the Republic of Indonesia (RI) then ensured that there would be no gaps, either in terms of infrastructure or the provision of Human Resources (HR) in various sectors, including education, between IKN and the surrounding areas.
)* The author is a contributor to the Persada Institute
