PREDICTION OF SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITION OF BIDIKMISI STUDENTS AFFECTED BY THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN UPN VETERAN JAKARTA MARCH 2020

The Covid-19 pandemic had an impact on the socio-economic conditions of the Indonesian people. Many of 1.2 million Indonesian employees had been laid off, informal workers were unemployed. The current socio-economic impact was an obstacle and burden on the families of Bidikmisi students. This study discuss the socioeconomic problems of UPN Veteran Jakarta’s Bidikmisi students who were affected by the covid-19 pandemic.Data collected by interviewing 114 respondents with a cross-sectional study, data analysis by descriptive qualitative and quantitative. The results showed Bidikmisi students of UPN Veteran Jakarta had a perception about their socio-economic problems (87.7%), of those were private as the main fathers’ occupation while mothers were not working. average total income of the parent less than  Rp. 2.000.000,-/month and as many as 105 (92.1 %) of students had less than  Rp 1.000.000/month in fulfilling their needs. The majority parents do not have chronic disease history (59.6%) while the students still had a large quota fee load problem during distance learning (57.9% in criteria 1). Required policy in assistance activities and counseling in order to maintain the quality of Bidikmisi students of UPN Veteran Jakarta.