This is the Number of LPDP Scholarship Recipients until 2022

According to the CEO of the Indonesian Endowment Fund for Education (LPDP), Andin Hadiyanto, 5,664 individuals received LPDP scholarships in 2022.

Cumulatively, from 2013 to 2022, the number of LPDP scholarship recipients reached 35,536. Approximately 55.7% studied at domestic universities, while 44.3% studied abroad.

Of those who studied abroad, the majority (58%) pursued their studies in Europe. Others studied in Australia and New Zealand (20.7%), North America (12.2%), Asia (8.6%), and Africa (0.5%).

However, some LPDP scholarship alumni have had issues due to non-compliance with their contract to return to Indonesia after their studies.

"Out of 35,000 (LPDP scholarship recipients), 413 are currently facing issues," said LPDP CEO Andin Hadiyanto in a meeting with Commission XI of the DPR (House of Representatives) on Wednesday, February 1, 2023.

"Of those 413, 144 have been addressed and have returned (to Indonesia). We are currently in intensive communication to address the remaining 169, which is less than one percent," he continued.

According to Andin, a small number of these LPDP alumni have not returned to Indonesia because they married and have children abroad.

The sanctions for LPDP scholarship recipients who violate their contract are as follows:

* Minor administrative sanctions: Written warnings, up to a maximum of three times.
* Moderate administrative sanctions: Suspension of study fund payments, adjustment of study fund payments, and/or repayment for specific components of the study fund.
* Severe administrative sanctions: Termination as a scholarship recipient without repayment of the received study funds, termination as a scholarship recipient with an obligation to repay study funds, and blocking from future participation in LPDP programs.