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Digital Talent Scholarship (DTS) – Indonesia

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Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported Top 85% 48/100 · Ask Evidence Copilot about this practice

Indonesia's national government scholarship has certified 500,000+ people in digital skills since 2018 via partnerships with Google, Cisco, Microsoft and about 90 universities, reaching 92,192 graduates in 2023 alone against a 2024 target of 100,000.

1,000 people
Pilot recipients (2018)
25,000 people
Recipients (2019)
92,192 people
Graduates (2023)
100,000 people
Target participants (2024 target)
500,000+ people
Cumulative graduates since 2018 (since 2018)

Details

Maturity
Established
Promoter
Human Resources Development Agency (BPSDM), Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs (Komdigi), Indonesia
Period
2018–present
Keywords
digital skills, workforce development, government, ICT training

Context

Indonesia's Digital Talent Scholarship (DTS) responds to a 2018 World Bank-cited projection that the country will need roughly 9 million additional digitally skilled workers — about 600,000 per year — by 2030.

Objectives

Run by the Human Resources Development Agency (BPSDM) of the Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs (Komdigi, formerly Kominfo), DTS offers free digital-skills training tracks — including IT Support, Data Analytics, UX Design and Project Management — in partnership with global technology companies (Google Indonesia, Cisco, Microsoft) and roughly 90 Indonesian universities and polytechnics.

Activities

The programme piloted with 1,000 recipients in 2018 and scaled to 25,000 in 2019, delivering training tracks nationwide through its university and corporate partner network.

Results

DTS reported 92,192 graduates in 2023 and set a 2024 target of 100,000 participants; Komdigi/BPSDM states more than 500,000 people have graduated cumulatively since 2018.

Conclusions

All participation figures are self-reported by the implementing ministry and echoed by Indonesian media, with no independent tracer study of graduate employment outcomes and no public budget figure located; reported certification counts are also inconsistent across the ministry's own materials — for instance, one page cites 17,000 total certifications from 2018-2023 in specific tracks versus the 500,000+ cumulative graduate figure cited elsewhere, a discrepancy the source material does not reconcile.

Implementation
Indicative cost
High (€500k–€5M)
Time to results
Long (> 3 years) — Piloted with 1,000 recipients in 2018, scaled to 25,000 in 2019, reaching 92,192 graduates in 2023 with a 100,000 target for 2024.
Staffing & skills
BPSDM (Human Resources Development Agency) ministry staff, Training delivery via ~90 partner universities and polytechnics, Corporate trainers from Google Indonesia, Cisco and Microsoft

Conditions for success

  • Public-private partnership model pairing a government training agency with global technology companies
  • Broad network of around 90 universities/polytechnics for localised in-country delivery
  • Multiple specialised tracks (IT Support, Data Analytics, UX Design, Project Management) matched to labour-market skill gaps

Common failure modes

  • Certification counts are inconsistent across the ministry's own materials (e.g. one page cites 17,000 total certifications in specific tracks 2018-2023 versus 500,000+ cumulative graduates cited elsewhere), undermining figure reliability
  • No independent tracer study of graduate employment outcomes exists, and no public budget figure was located

Where it fits

Governance type
national government agency with private-sector partnerships
Scale
national, delivered through ~90 university/polytechnic sites
Income level
lower-middle income country

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