Wamensos invited the campus to be involved in the eradication of extreme poverty in RI

Jakarta – Deputy Minister of Social Affairs (Wamensos) Agus Jabo Priyono encouraged the strengthening of cross -sector synergy in an attempt to alleviate poverty in Indonesia. He also invited universities to be involved. He said this while attending ‘Dialogue to Lighting Poverty by Education’ at Grha Amartha Building, Boyolali University, Central -Java (Central -java). “My goal of coming to campuses is to work together and work together on the poverty alleviation and eliminating extreme poverty,” he said in a written statement on Monday (5/26/2025). Browse to continue with the content as known as President Prabowo Subianto, eliminating extreme poverty amounting to 3.1 million people in 2026 to zero percent, and a reduction in 24.06 million poverty in 2029. Agus Jabo emphasized to reach this target, the Ministry of Social Affairs (Ministry of Social Affairs (Ministry of Social Affairs) cannot only work. According to him, it needs cooperation from different parties, ranging from related ministries and institutions, local governments, the private sector to the campus. Before Boyolali -Regent Agus Irawan and Chancellor of Boyolali University Nanik Sutarni, he explained a number of steps taken by the Ministry of Social Affairs to alleviate poverty and remove extreme poverty. First, by compiling and updating the National Socio -economic Integrated Data (DTSEN). “We move 34 thousand PKH companions to ensure the suitability of data in the field,” he explained. The second step is to change the fertilization of providing passive help to provide productive assistance, which changes the priority of social protection to empowerment. “I ask for support, we want to change the view, if we prioritize work in social protection, we want to change the concept of passive help in the future, we want this help to be productive,” he said. “Empowerment is that we must create a productive society that wants to do business,” he continued. The third task is to ensure that the People’s School program can go well. “The president is aimed at people’s schools for this year. There are 100 points; we are currently about 65 points, which are being revived, there are about 53 points,” he explained. Agus Jabo added that the Ministry of Social Affairs is currently trying to realize the opening of 100 people’s schools in the new school year in July together with other ministries and institutions, including local governments. “We are assessing the regional government proposals, those who suggest the building, see if we judge, or the proposed place is a supplementary to increase the quota (100 points),” he said. In the future, the Ministry of Social Affairs, according to him, will continue to bring collaboration with various parties, including the campus, especially those in Central -Java in the context of the alleviation of poverty and the elimination of extreme poverty. “Education is a way of liberation to empower the poor, I hope that Boyolali University can be the pioneer,” he said. (ANL/EGA) HOEGENG Awards 2025 Read the inspiring story of the exemplary police candidate here