inp.polri.go.id - Jakarta. The National Nutrition Agency (BGN) continues to strengthen the validation of beneficiary data for the Free Nutritional Meals (MBG) Program by involving schools and local governments to ensure that all target groups receive services accurately and equitably.

"Validating beneficiary data is our priority to ensure the implementation of the MBG Program is more accurate. In addition to integrating data from various data custodians, we also conduct direct verification at the grassroots level to ensure the data used is truly accurate," said Sony Sonjaya, Monday (6/2/2026).

He explained that verification is carried out through coordination between the Indonesian Development Mover (SPPI) coordinators at the sub-district level and the village heads.

This mechanism collects and matches data on pregnant women, breastfeeding mothers, toddlers, students from early childhood education (PAUD) to high school/vocational school (SMA/SMK), including students at Islamic boarding schools (pesantren).

As a form of transparency, he continued, the results of the beneficiary data validation are now publicly accessible through the validationdatapm.bgn.go.id dashboard. 

BGN also encourages school principals, integrated health post (Posyandu) managers, village heads, sub-district heads, and regional heads to actively check data in their respective areas.

"If there are pregnant women, breastfeeding mothers, toddlers, students, or Islamic boarding school students who have not been registered or have not received MBG services, this information can be immediately submitted to the BGN through the Sub-district SPPI Coordinator or the WhatsApp hotline 0851-1139-4466," explained Sony.

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