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The program could also present a conflict of interest, as the antigraft body found that online
education platforms distributing the courses were also the ones producing the classes.

For example, online education platform Pintaria offered 199 courses for preemployment card
holders, 69 of which were produced by HarukaEdu, the company that owns the platform.

Similarly, 117 of 277 courses offered on the Ruangguru platform are also made by its subsidiary
Skill Academy.

“We found at least 250 problematic courses with a potential conflict of interest,” Pahala said. “It
shouldn’t be like this because it weakens the curation.”

Moreover, the government picked the eight partnering companies without a proper mechanism
for procuring goods and services.

The KPK urged the government to remove the 250 courses that potentially have a conflict of
interest. The government should also ask the legal opinion of the Attorney General’s Office
regarding the procurement mechanism.

Alexander said the antigraft body had handed over its recommendations to the Office of the
Coordinating Economic Minister and other related ministries in late May. The KPK noted that the
government had made some improvements to the program based on its suggestions, including
postponing the fourth batch of new registrations.

The Office of the Coordinating Economic Minister also said it would provide more offline courses
after the outbreak had subsided, Pahala went on to say.

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