Governmentâ€TMs Cash Transfers And School Dropout In Rural Areas
| Main Author: | Setyadharma, Andryan |
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| Other Authors: | Universitas Negeri Semarang |
| Format: | Article info application/pdf eJournal |
| Bahasa: | eng |
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Universitas Negeri Semarang
, 2018
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| Online Access: |
https://journal.unnes.ac.id/nju/index.php/jejak/article/view/16125 https://journal.unnes.ac.id/nju/index.php/jejak/article/view/16125/8299 |
Daftar Isi:
- Indonesia is committed to education but the Government of Indonesia still struggle with dropout problem at upper secondary school level, especially students from rural areas who dropping out of school before graduating. The dropout events can be explained through the demand for education. In 2008 Government of Indonesia introduced Bantuan Siswa Miskin program, the Cash Transfers for Poor Students (recently is known as Kartu Indonesia Pintar), in order to reduce numbers of dropouts. The program is mainly to cover studentsâ€TM indirect costs and is implicitly used to increase studentsâ€TM demand for education. The objective of this study is to get better understanding on the impact of governmentâ€TMs cash transfers on rural studentsâ€TM dropout at upper secondary schools in Central Java Province. Primary data was collected from rural areas in all regencies and cities. The likelihood to drop out is estimated using Probit regressions. There are two main findings in this study. First, the result shows that higher education expenditure is significantly increasing the probability of rural students to drop out. Second, it is evidence that governmentâ€TMs cash transfers significantly diminish the rural studentsâ€TM likelihood of dropping out. Based on the findings, it is suggested the Government of Indonesia must reduce education costs and the government also should expand the number of cash transfers for poor rural students.