Politics · Indonesia · 7 hrs ago
Indonesia Says Nearly 3,500 Specialists Joined Trans Patriot in Two Years
Indonesia’s Transmigration Ministry says it has sent nearly 3,500 specialists to transmigration areas through the Trans Patriot program in the past two years.
The program sends researchers and young professionals to share knowledge and skills with communities in remote areas.
The ministry says education is central to developing these areas and has worked with universities in Indonesia and abroad.
Assignments currently last four months, but the minister said limited funding has prevented the ministry from carrying out an earlier plan for year-long placements.
He said China has sent university professors to rural areas for as long as a year, a model Indonesian students in Beijing praised.
The ministry plans to make placements longer so remote communities have better access to science and technology.
The ministry also runs four other programs focused on land issues, local participation, industry and jobs, and cooperation among government, businesses, universities and communities.
Indonesia’s Transmigration Minister Muhammad Iftitah Sulaiman Suryanagara said nearly 3,500 specialists had joined the Trans Patriot program over the past two years.
The program sends researchers and other skilled people to transmigration areas to share knowledge.
Their assignments have lasted four months, but the ministry plans to extend them because of concerns about limited funding.
The minister said education is central to developing transmigration areas and described efforts to connect remote communities with science and technology.
- Who
- Indonesia’s Ministry of Transmigration and the specialists involved in its Trans Patriot program.
- What
- The minister said nearly 3,500 specialists had been sent to transmigration areas over two years.
- When
- The minister made the statement on October 15, 2026.
- Where
- He spoke in Chongqing, China, after meeting Chongqing Deputy Mayor Jiang Guojie.
- Why
- The specialists are sent to share knowledge and help remote communities access science and technology.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Iftitah discussed the ministry’s programs in a public lecture at Peking University in Beijing.
Iftitah said nearly 3,500 specialists had been deployed under Trans Patriot over the previous two years.
The ministry plans to lengthen specialist assignments, which have so far lasted four months.
- Specialists deployed
- Nearly 3,500
- Program
- Trans Patriot
- Deployment period
- Two years
- Current assignment length
- Four months
- Minister
- Muhammad Iftitah Sulaiman Suryanagara
What people are saying
For the Patriot program itself, over these two years we have deployed nearly 3,500 outstanding human resources.
One is education; this is the most important.
In the future, we will make it longer so that people are not isolated from science and technology.