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Solok officials bring identity-card registration to schools to speed up student services

From Republika · () Indonesian

Translated from Indonesian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Solok’s civil-registration office is bringing electronic identity-card registration to schools across the city in West Sumatra.
  • The service targets students at senior high schools, vocational schools, Islamic high schools and equivalent institutions from Aug. 26 to Sept. 15, 2026.
  • Officials say students aged 16 can complete the recording process before receiving the card at 17, reducing the need to visit government offices.

Solok’s population and civil-registration office is taking an electronic identity-card service directly to schools, allowing eligible students to complete the recording process without leaving class or visiting the agency’s office.

The program targets students at senior high schools, vocational schools, Islamic high schools and equivalent institutions. A service bus is visiting schools in rotation from Aug. 26 to Sept. 15, 2026. The schools listed for the program include four public senior high schools, three public vocational schools and the Solok State Islamic Senior High School.

This third quarter, we are indeed focusing on strengthening mobile services. After going to urban villages to activate Digital Population Identity for Family Hope Program recipients, we are now continuing with services at schools.

· AfrizonHe explained the city’s broader mobile-service plan.

Head of Solok’s civil-registration office, Afrizon, said the school visits form part of the city’s focus on expanding mobile public services during the third quarter. The office previously visited 13 urban villages to activate Digital Population Identity services for beneficiaries of the Family Hope Program.

This accelerated recording is important so that once they turn 17, the electronic identity card can be issued promptly.

· AfrizonHe explained why officials are recording students’ data before they reach the card-issuance age.

Students can have their electronic identity-card data recorded at age 16, while the card itself can be printed after they turn 17. Afrizon said early recording allows the data to be processed in advance so issuance can proceed promptly once students reach the required age.

The initiative follows circulars from the home affairs minister and the governor of West Sumatra calling for faster recording of electronic identity cards and birth certificates. Afrizon said the wider aim was to help more residents obtain complete civil documents and access services without travelling to government offices.

We hope more people will have complete civil documents and find it easier to access services without having to come to the office.

· AfrizonHe described the intended benefit of taking registration services into communities and schools.
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Originally published by Republika in Indonesian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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