Govt to issue child identity cards this year

February 12, 2016, 06.37 AM | Source: The Jakarta Post
Govt to issue child identity cards this year


JAKARTA. The Home Affairs Ministry will begin to issue child identity cards (KIA) this year, initially rolling out the measure in 50 cities across the country.

An official said reason for introducing the KIA was to increase the demographic database and improve public services to help meet the constitutional rights of all citizens.

"The move is based on Home Affairs Ministry Regulation No. 2 of 2016," the ministry's director general for population and civil registry, Zudan Arif Fakrulloh, said on Thursday.

The KIA will be the official form of identification for unmarried Indonesians below the age of 18. There will be two categories: one for children up to five years of age, and the other for older children.

A pilot project for the state-funded KIA was implemented in Malang in East Java, Balikpapan in East Kalimantan, Bantul regency in Yogyakarta, Makassar in South Sulawesi and Depok in West Java. (cal/bbn)

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