How to Register for Kemendikbud Quotas for Students and Teachers – Since the pandemic took place, the government including the Ministry of Education and Culture has worked together to adjust to the changes that occurred due to the Covid-19 Pandemic, in this case the Ministry of Education and Culture has run a free quota assistance program to support the online teaching and learning activities. In addition, the Ministry of Education and Culture also conveyed what the requirements were and how to register the quota for the Ministry of Education and Culture for students and teachers for the program to run.
Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani and Minister of Education, Culture, Research and Technology Nadiem Makarim have revealed the news of the continuation of the Ministry of Education and Culture’s aid quota, the government will officially continue the free internet quota assistance program for the second semester of 2022 for students and teaching staff.
The amount of funds disbursed by the government for the continuation of the quota assistance program for 26.8 million students, students, teachers and lecturers is Rp. 2.3 trillion. Which is expected to help support the course of online teaching and learning activities during the pandemic
The Ministry of Education and Culture’s quota for assistance has been distributed by the Ministry of Education and Culture in September 2022 to students and teaching staff, including PAUD, SD, SMP and SMA students as well as university students. In addition, lecturers and teachers are also the target of distributing quotas for free assistance from the Ministry of Education and Culture.
Head of the Data and Information Center of the Ministry of Education and Culture, Research and Technology, Dr. Muhamad Hasan Chabibie as the executor of the task has ensured that the Ministry of Education and Culture’s quota assistance will be disbursed from 11 to 15 September.
How to Register Kemendikbud Quota, Requirements to Receive Kemendikbud Aid Quota
As for certain requirements that have been set by the Ministry of Education and Culture to be fulfilled by students and teaching staff in order to obtain free internet quota assistance that will be provided by the Ministry of Education and Culture, among others are as follows:
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Requirements for PAUD, SD, SMP, and SMA level students
- Student data needs to be registered in the Dapodik system.
- Students/parents/guardians are required to have an active mobile phone number to be able to distribute aid quotas by the Ministry of Education and Culture.
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Requirements for college level students (Students)
- Student data needs to be registered with the PDDikti system.
- Students must be active and are allowed if they are completing a double degree.
- Students are required to have a KRS (Study Plan Card) in the current semester.
- Students are required to have an active mobile number to be able to receive the aid quota distributed by the Ministry of Education and Culture.
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Requirements for teaching staff at PAUD, SD, SMP, and SMA levels
- Data for teaching staff must be registered in the Dapodik system with an Active status.
- Teaching staff are required to have an active mobile number to be able to distribute aid quotas by the Ministry of Education and Culture.
- Requirements for tertiary level teaching staff (Lecturers)
- Data for teaching staff (Lecturers) must be registered with the PDDikti system with an Active status.
- Lecturers are required to have an active mobile number to be able to distribute aid quotas by the Ministry of Education and Culture.
- Lecturers are required to have a registration number including (NIDN, NIDK, or NUP)
How to Register Kemendikbud Quota
If the requirements have been met, students or teaching staff can report to the leadership or operator at schools and universities in their respective educational units. Furthermore, leaders and operators at schools and universities will upload the SPTJM (Statement of Absolute Responsibility) for all cell phone numbers that will get free quota.
In general, the school or college will make a google form for the Ministry of Education and Culture assistance quota registration, then the google form link that has been created will be sent to the teaching staff or students to be filled in so that it can be registered.
For recipients of the Ministry of Education and Culture’s assistance quota for the period from November to December 2022 and the registered number is still active, they will immediately receive the aid quota in the next period. However, recipients of the Ministry of Education and Culture’s assistance quota whose use is less than 1 GB will not receive the aid quota again. Education unit leaders no longer need to re-upload the SPTJM (Statement of Absolute Responsibility) for those who have received the aid quota in the November to December 2022 period, except for new recipients and recipients who change their cellphone numbers, then the education unit leader or operator is required to upload the SPTJM (Statement of Absolute Responsibility) to the Ministry of Education and Culture.
How to Register for Kemendikbud Quota, Amount of Quota Received
PAUD students will receive a quota of 7 GB of Kemendikbud assistance per month. Elementary, junior high and high school students will receive a 10 GB quota of Kemendikbud assistance. Meanwhile, teaching staff at the PAUD, SD, SMP, and SMA levels receive a quota of 12 GB of assistance from the Ministry of Education and Culture per month.
Students and teaching staff at the tertiary level receive the largest amount of quota, namely students will receive a quota of 15 GB of Kemendikbud assistance as well as lecturers will also receive a quota of Kemendikbud’s assistance with a quota volume of 15 GB.
Sites That Can’t Be Accessed Using the Ministry of Education and Culture’s Aid Quota
Basically the Ministry of Education and Culture’s assistance quota can be used to access all internet sites and applications, except for sites blocked by the Ministry of Education and Culture. As for sites, social media and games that cannot be accessed using the Ministry of Education and Culture’s assistance quota, among others;
There are at least 14 social media blocked by the Ministry of Education and Culture, as follows, Bigolive, Facebook, Instagram, Badoo, Snack Video, Snapchat, Pinterest etc. And dating apps like Tinder are also blocked by the Ministry of Education and Culture.
There are quite a number of games that have been blocked by the Ministry of Education and Culture, at least 17 games have been blocked, including, Clash of Clans, Candy Crush, 8 Ball Pool, FIFA Mobile, Mobile Legend, Garena AOV, Crisis Action, etc. In addition, several game provider applications such as Steam and Garena were also blocked by the Ministry of Education and Culture
There are several video applications that are blocked by the Ministry of Education and Culture such as Likee, QQVideo, Daily Motion, Viu, Tik Tok and the biggest movie streaming platforms such as Netflix are also blocked by the Ministry of Education and Culture.
Universities are also asked to update student and lecturer cell phone number data, following orders from the letter that has been released by the Directorate General of Higher Education, Number 6717/E1/DI.04.02/2022 on August 4, 2022, which contains a continuation program for granting internet quotas. In addition, universities are also asked to complete and validate data on all students and lecturers, especially cellphone numbers that are still active and in use today, and to avoid duplication, universities are also asked to transfer similar assistance.
In addition, the Ministry of Education and Culture is also assisted by providers as service providers in distributing subsidized quota assistance which will be carried out every month for 4 full months, starting from September to December with an active period of 30 days.
That’s information about the 2022 Ministry of Education and Culture assistance quota, related to the terms and conditions and how to register for the Ministry of Education and Culture’s quota for students and teachers, that’s all, hope it’s useful!
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