DPR Ri (photo: Doc Oxzone)
JAKARTA – A member of the Commission of the House of Representatives of the IX Nurhadi admitted that there were millions of highly educated people who were unemployed when Indonesia went to the peak of demographic bonus in 2030-2045. According to him, there are still millions of young people “idle“Irony in the middle of a demographic bonus.
The statement was made by Nurhadi at the same time that reacted to the release of the Central Statistical Agency (BPS), which reported up to 1.01 million unemployed in Indonesia, was a graduate of the student undergraduate of the university.
“More than 1 million scientists are unemployed? This is a large irony in the middle of a demographic bonus, which, as they say, is the opportunity for Indonesia gold, ”Nurhadi said in a written statement, Saturday (5/7/2025).
Nurhadi regretted the distribution of trillions of rupees for higher education, does not guarantee the creation of capable labor. In fact, the government allocated 4.7 trillion rupees for investment and improving infrastructure in academic state universities (PTN), including practical equipment, laboratories and educational institutions.
In general, the government allocated funds in the amount of 76.4 trillion rupees for the education sector from the state budget for 2025. According to Nurhadi, the government could not harmonize graduates with the readiness of the world of labor.
“We are faced with an absurd situation. The state has released trillions of rupees for higher education, but the results were “parking” to be unemployment, ”he said.
