PORTALJABAR, DISTRICT. BANDUNG - Acting Governor of West Java, Bey Machmudin, appreciated the short film entitled Ghosts in Schools which was initiated by the West Java Province Extortion Saber Task Force.

This short film was launched to coincide with the New Student Admissions (PPDB) period as a creative effort to socialize the prevention of illegal levies in educational units.

The campaign through short films aims to create a PPDB that is safe, smooth, conducive and in accordance with existing regulations and of course free from various extortion practices.

After watching the film directly, the Acting Governor of West Java, Bey Machmudin, drew the conclusion that honesty must start from an early age and one of them starts from school.

"Therefore, yesterday at the PPDB I declared that the 2024 PPDB in West Java must be the best nationally, what is good? One that obeys the rules, there is no entrustment, and there is also no extortion," said Bey Machmudin at the Sabilulungan Building. Soreang, Bandung Regency, Saturday (6/7/2024).

According to Bey, that is the principle in bringing about a superior future generation, where good and civilized human resources are not born from fraudulent processes.

"Because of principle, how can we have good human resources if their parents are cheating," said Bey.

"So I entrust it to the Head of the Education Department, to this day it is still annulled. We annul this, not proud, but sad because there is fraud that continues to be committed by parents and participants in this PPDB," he added.

Bey reminded us of the key to building good human resources. He also hopes that PPDB in West Java will be better implemented.

"I hope that next year there will be no cheating so that we can ensure that the students who enter PPDB are children who are morally good, have integrity and are full of honesty," he added.

Regarding the quality of the film, Bey appreciated that the film made was interesting and easy to digest for students, parents, teachers, school principals and other educational people.

That way, through creative socialization it is hoped that students will realize that starting to reject extortion from school is important.

He also invited all parties if they found extortion in the school environment in particular to immediately report it to the West Java Extortion Saber Task Force.

"We hope this will be our momentum for honest education from the start, so that we get a good generation, good leaders in the future," said Bey.

Chairman of the West Java Province Saber Extortion Task Force, Police Commissioner Kalinga Rendra, said that this practice of extortion could damage the life of the nation and state.

So in accordance with Presidential Regulation No. 87 of 2016, the West Java Extortion Saber Task Force has planned twin successes: successful prevention or socialization and successful prosecution.

"The Saber Extortion Task Force has carried out outreach to officials at the Education Service, school principals, students and the community," said Kalingga.

According to him, the aim of making the film Ghosts in Schools is a creative breakthrough to prevent extortion in schools.

This short film was worked on for approximately three months. The short film launch activity was attended by approximately 848 participants, followed by 497 participants via online connections, not including the YouTube live streaming connection.

He hopes that the launch of this short film will ensure that PPDB admissions activities run straight, honestly, according to the rules and without cheating.

"We, together with the Acting Governor, chairman of the DPRD, Kapolda, Pangdam, Kajati and the community in the world of education are ready to maintain, maintain honesty, secure PPDB 2024 so that it takes place according to the rules and without cheating," concluded Kalinga.

Dea et al. Expose extortion to Principal Supriyatna

The film Ghost in School tells the story of a new student at a national public high school named Dea, played by Haura Lathifa Rizky, and her friend Rachel, played by Clarice Cutie, and one of the school's alumni named Farhan, played by Farell Akbar.

These three figures are trying to uncover the practice of extortion that haunts students and their parents. This practice of extortion was allegedly masterminded by a school principal named Supriyatna, played by veteran actor Kiki Narendra.

The story begins when Dea discovers a number of irregularities at her new school, starting from the PPDB period. Dea discovered that there was a friend who got into her favorite school even though she didn't meet the criteria with the help of someone from within.

Not only that, during the re-registration process at school, Dea also discovered that the price of school uniforms that new students had to buy was at an unreasonable price.

Not only that, while the learning was taking place, he also encountered various irregularities, for example teachers forcing students to buy additional textbooks, additional lessons outside school hours, and the obligation to buy swimming pool tickets even though students were unable to take part in swimming activities in sports subjects.

Ghosts in Schools also depict various other odd extortion practices in educational units. Misappropriation of School Operational Assistance (BOS) by Principal Supriyatna also appears in this film.

Due to these various concerns, Dea is determined to expose the corruption in her school environment. With the help of their friend Rachel, and alumni figure Farhan who had difficulty receiving a diploma, they set out to collect evidence.

Long story short, after all the evidence was collected, Dea reported it to her mother, and forwarded the case to the West Java Extortion Saber Task Force. Until finally Supriyatna was prosecuted.