JAKARTA - Minister of Public Works (PU) Dody Hanggodo assessed that the construction of the People's School (SR) as a half-incomplete project. This is due to the low realization of construction to date, although the SR project is targeted to be used in the new school year in July 2026.
Dody said that the progress of school construction as of May 20, 2026 was only around 59 percent. He accused officials in his ministry of doing unpraiseworthy work, but he was reluctant to explain what actions he meant.
"Unfortunately, my friends in the PU Ministry have a different mind. They are still trying to do unpraiseworthy work at the beginning of the construction of the People's School, so that later this project can be said to be 'half-broken'," said Dody in a media briefing at his office, Jakarta, Friday, May 22.
He said that from the beginning he had actually given various directions and solutions to anticipate project obstacles. However, these instructions were not carried out seriously by his subordinates, so that the problems in the field were only dealt with later.
According to Dody, various technical obstacles should have been resolved since January-February 2026. However, because the handling was late, the progress of the SR construction was also behind. He also admitted that he had to remove some people because of this.
"It must be admitted that the development is somewhat outside my forecast. Because, with the composition of professionals in the Directorate General of Strategic Infrastructure, delays like this should not happen. But what is, yes, it is. As a result, I have to stop some people," he explained.
The Democratic Party politician admitted that he often gave solutions to accelerate the progress of SR. However, he said, many parties did not take the suggestion seriously so that it was not carried out.
"I have to go down directly to monitor, not only monitor, but provide other solutions. Solutions that friends may not have thought of or never thought of. Actually, these solutions have been conveyed by me, but maybe at that time it was considered a joke so it was never taken care of," said Dody.
Furthermore, Dody even revealed that there was a construction contract whose target completion was actually beyond the schedule for the new school year. In fact, President Prabowo Subianto asked SR to be ready to use in June 2026.
"The younger siblings (school students) must enter in the new school year, which is when? July 2026. That means, right, the building must be ready in June 2026. But what, the construction contract is there that is completed in July, even there is completed in October," said Dody.
As a result of this problem, Dody admitted that he had carried out a massive overhaul in the internal PU Ministry. He said that a number of officials from Level I to the Head of the Office were replaced to speed up the completion of the project.
The realization of the construction of 93 SR as of May 20, 2026 has only reached about 59 percent, and there are still a number of points with the lowest progress such as in Singkawang, Cilacap, Dharmasraya, North Lombok and Brebes.
However, Dody is optimistic that the construction of 88 SR will be completed in June. "Insyaallah 88 (SR) will be completed in June 2026," he concluded.
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