The Minister of Finance admits that not all the cost of the training prior to hiring the card was claimed



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Jakarta, CNN Indonesia – Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani revealed not all training costs Pre-employment card exhausted He also claims to be improving this program.

“What many parties question is the need for Rp1 million. First, yesterday it was reviewed if this is justified, because the seeds are that the course costs so much.” The Finance Minister, known familiarly as Ani, said via live Instagram on Friday (1/5).

“And we have seen that in the first batch there are claims of no more than Rp100 thousand, Rp200 thousand, there are 500 thousand,” he added.



It is known that each participant who approves the Job Card Program will receive a total incentive of Rp3.55 million from the government.
The funds consist of training costs of Rp1 million, post-training incentives of Rp600,000 per month for four months, and survey incentives of Rp50,000 three times.

The training costs themselves are not provided in cash and can only be disbursed in the form of training options at multiple startups in collaboration with the program.

Several parties, both the community and Parliament, said the training program was not important. The value of Rp1 million is best given in the form of cash that is needed in difficult times.

Details of infographic on the use of the 2020 job card budgetPhoto: CNN Indonesia / Basith Subastian

Because of this criticism, Ani admitted that the government would improve the program.

“The government is not like a creature that has not listened, this social criticism continues to come and we think about what can be done, what kind of modification,” he said.

“The government will definitely continue to improve because this is good, the new program is in line with Mr. Jokowi’s promise to prepare the workforce to increase skills, but because there is outbreak We modified Covid-19 to make it a social mattress, “he said.

What is clear, Ani said, is that the government is determined to continue the Workers Card program and its training with a series of improvements.

“We can not give up. Our effort is to create new programs that the community can easily access and improve the various training systems that have existed, whether the training system is from the government itself or semi-government, “he said.

Separately, the president of the Cross Factory Work Federation (FBLP), Jumisih, considered that the Workers Cards were more useful for the associated companies that provided training services instead of the community. In addition, the government previously stated that it prioritized this program for those affected by layoffs.

[Gambas:Video CNN]“The pre-employment card is actually more of an agent for the flow of funds for training provider companies than training can actually be obtained from You Tube. Pre-employment cards are not a substitute for compensation. for dismissal, “he said.

According to him, what the people affected by Corona needed was food aid and employment. However, this did not reach the community due to administrative problems.

“What people really need are survival needs and proper nutrition in a pandemic situation and how after the pandemic there are jobs available,” said Jumisih.

(ulf / arh)



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