Does Not Impact the Education Budget?

Aligned with the problems regarding education, although Mendiktisaintek promises that there will be no efficiency that offends the education budget, it should be noted that awareness of the importance of education is still not optimal as a breakthrough towards a Golden Indonesia 2045. Moreover, the lack of encouragement from officials who have the responsibility of the constitutional mandate. Education is the main factor in realizing superior human resources who take a role in the country in the future. The high cost of education has been stated since the Preamble to the 1945 Constitution "to educate the nation's life" and clarified again in Article 31 paragraph (1) which states that "Every citizen has the right to education." However, the main challenge that is still faced is the high cost of education, which often becomes an obstacle for people in accessing quality education services. In fact, empowering the education sector in Indonesia is not only the responsibility of individuals, but also the obligation of the state to ensure that every citizen gets access to quality and equitable education. In this case, government involvement is a key factor in building a strong and inclusive education system. The government acts as a strong bridge in delivering Indonesian human resources towards strategic reform. In other words, education can change a person, without education a country has no future. There are 2 scenarios that can be used as a reference in designing strategies to improve human resources and the quality of higher education. First, the Business As Usual (BAU) scenario which is interpreted as a fixed method or no significant change (a quo). Second, the Intervention Scenario is the opposite of the BAU Scenario. As for the Indonesian Roadmap towards the SDGs, especially in the field of education, the gross enrollment rate (GER) is 43.85% in 2030 with the BAU scenario and reaches 60.84% GER in 2030 with the intervention scenario. This means that the current condition requires strategic solutions. Therefore,facts are mightier than words—the high expectations of the nation's children are not just promises written in regulations, but actions that do not betray the constitution.