Jakarta - The Ministry of Religion reports that 2,067 Islamic boarding schools throughout Indonesia have received benefits from the Islamic Boarding School Independence Business Incubation program until 2023.
"There are already around 2,067 recipients, this is a manifestation of the government's attention to Islamic boarding schools," said Minister of Religion Yaqut Cholil Qoumas in his statement in Jakarta, Sunday.
Minister of Religion Yaqut's report was delivered at the Workshop on Increasing the Independence of Islamic Boarding Schools at JI Expo, Kemayoran, Central Jakarta.
Yaqut said that Islamic boarding school independence is a mandatory program because it has been mandated by President Joko Widodo. The independence of Islamic boarding schools is also a mandate from the Islamic Boarding School Law Number 18 of 2019 concerning Islamic Boarding Schools.
At the Ministry of Religion, Islamic boarding school independence has become one of the priority programs rolled out since 2021. To make this happen, the Ministry of Religion has, among other things, released Pesantrenpreneur and the Islamic Boarding School Independence Roadmap (PJKP).
He targets that 5,000 Islamic boarding schools will receive the benefits of the Islamic boarding school independence business incubation program by 2024.
"President Jokowi has mandated me that at least by 2024 there will be 5,000 independent Islamic boarding schools," he said. he said.
According to Yaqut, the business incubation initiated by the Ministry of Religion covers all aspects of business, starting from business selection to which parties the Islamic boarding school business products can be marketed to.
This priority program is designed to be equally accessible to all Islamic boarding schools that need it (inclusive). This program is based on Islamic boarding school needs by considering aspects of the business sector and geographical conditions (facilitative), as a collaboration between consolidated stakeholders (consolidation).
"This program is also open and accountable. "So, every process and result can be accounted for," he said. he said.
Director General of Islamic Education at the Ministry of Religion, M. Ali Ramdhani, said that thousands of Islamic boarding schools had succeeded in increasing their independence by developing various business fields.
He detailed that as many as 832 Islamic boarding schools have developed shops, minimarkets and cooperatives. Apart from that, there are 169 laundry businesses, 56 food and beverages management, 34 digital printing businesses, and hundreds of other types of businesses that are successfully managed by Islamic boarding schools.
"From 2021 to 2023, the Ministry of Religion has confirmed a budget of up to IDR 300 billion to encourage the economic independence of thousands of Islamic boarding school institutions," he said.
Burmese workers in Thailand protest against the military council's plan to collect income tax
Burmese workers in Thailand in front of the United Nations office in Bangkok, 2023 When he protested on December 17th.
A member of the Myanmar Humanitarian Action Center (MHAC), a Thailand-based organization to help Myanmar workers, told RFA that around two hundred Burmese workers with full residence permits in Thailand came to protest.
"The slogans are about not wanting the two percent tax cut by the military council. Of course, I protested that the cuts were completely unnecessary. These are the reasons. The strength is still not much. As well as the beginning, people near the end of the book Those who do not have complete proof cannot come. Now, the issue of paying two percent tax has been chosen and done at the end of the year, which is about to expire. In 2024, they will be renewing their books, so it will be difficult. All of them objected to the issue of tax collection."
Later, if the military council tightens again, the protests may become more.
The Burmese Embassy of the Military Council in Bangkok issued a notice dated December 13, asking Myanmar citizens in Thailand to pay two percent income tax.
factory workshop farming, construction Service industry and general workers must pay a monthly income of 7,500 baht and pay two percent income tax (150 baht) every month.
After paying a tax of 150 baht, you will have the opportunity to enjoy Burmese money equivalent to 7500 baht every month as white money. yard land apartment It has been written that the income tax will be waived on the purchase of cars, etc.
There are currently around 5 million Burmese migrant workers in Thailand, according to labor aid workers.
The Ministry of Finance and Planning of the Military Council also said that 2023, It was announced on November 22 that income tax must be paid starting from October 1.
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