Thousands of Students in Manokwari Get PIP Assistance

A total of 2037 elementary to high school students in Manokwari Regency received educational assistance from the Smart Indonesia Program (PIP) in 2021.

Manokwari Regent Hermus Indou said the Smart Indonesia Program was an assistance from the Central Government through the Ministry of Education and Culture as a working partner of Commission 10 of the Indonesian House of Representatives to assist local governments.

The Smart Indonesia Program is also one of President Joko Widodo's flagship programs in 2014 which is intended for underprivileged students.

"We should be grateful because the Ministry of Education and Culture approved the names of students and students who were proposed as recipients of educational assistance proposed by the Manokwari Regency Government," Hermus said while reading his remarks, Wednesday 15 September 2021.

Hermus hopes that the assistance from the Smart Indonesia Program can ease the burden of education costs and encourage students to study harder. He also advised that the Smart Indonesia Program assistance should be used as well as possible to support the learning process.

"I remind students who receive aid not to look at the amount given, but the most important thing is the attention given by the government," Hermus said.

SOURCE: https://indonesiatimur.id/2021/09/16/ribuan-pelajar-di-manokwari-dapat-bantuan-pip/