Bribery and Unhygienic Food: The Biggest Complaints Regarding MBG

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Erlina Fury Santika 22/09/2025 16:22 WIB

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Data collected through the JPPI complaint center reveals several complaints related to MBG. The most significant complaints involve extortion and unnutritious or unhygienic food.

Parents' and Children's Complaints Regarding the MBG Program According to the JPPI Complaint Center (December 2024-February 2025)

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Parents' and Children's Complaints Regarding the MBG Program According to the JPPI Complaint Center (December 2024-February 2025)

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The Indonesian Education Monitoring Network (JPPI) has opened both offline and online complaint centers regarding the implementation of the Free Nutritious Meals (MBG) program.

Complaints received from parents and school children participating in the program show that the most prevalent issue in the MBG execution is extortion (pungli), accounting for 32% of total complaints.

Other complaints include unnutritious and unhygienic food (29%).

Other complaints include MBG creating waste (20%), nearby shops closing down (9%), rejection of the program (5%), students receiving food while teachers do not (3%), and uneven distribution (2%).

Although the effective implementation of MBG only began in January 2025, JPPI opened these complaint centers in December 2024 and collected data until February 2025.

JPPI's latest report also reveals that MBG has caused 5,360 cases of food poisoning as of September 2025.

JPPI states that the actual number of cases is likely higher, as many schools and local governments choose to cover up incidents.

JPPI National Coordinator, Ubaid Matraji, says that these poisoning cases indicate systemic errors and failures in governance coordinated by the National Nutrition Agency (BGN). He also expresses deep concern that many children have had to be rushed to the hospital, with some in critical condition.

Editor : Erlina Fury Santika

"Disclosure: This is an AI-generated translation of the original article. We strive for accuracy, but please note that automated translations may contain errors or slight inconsistencies."