JAKARTA - Acting (Plt.) Head of the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) Amalia Adininggar Widyasanti said 53 points of public schools were in pockets of poverty.
"We have seen the location of 53 people's schools in poverty pockets," Amalia said as quoted by ANTARA, Wednesday, April 30.
In addition, he said, these areas also have a population of school age who do not receive formal education.
Based on the data mapping, he said, the people's school program is to provide access to education for school-age children who are not yet in school, especially in areas with a high poverty rate.
Amalia hopes that the People's School program can provide access to education for school-age children who are not yet in school, especially in poor areas.
He said that the role of BPS in this program focused on providing data needed by the Ministry of Social Affairs by using sources from the National Socio-Economic Survey (Susenas) and National Sole Social Economic Data (DTSN).
"This is an example of how one program that is truly evidence-based policy (evidence-based policy)," said Amalia.
President Prabowo Subianto emphasized the Government's commitment to building public schools, a boarding school education program aimed at children from underprivileged families.
The government targets at least 53 people's schools that can be completed in June 2025 so that they can operate in the 2025/2026 school year.
Fifty-three locations of people's schools stand in existing buildings, namely using the assets of the Ministry of Social Affairs, provincial government assets, district governments, and city governments.
In total, by 2025, 200 people's schools will be built.
In addition to the 53 people's schools that use existing buildings, the remaining 147 people's schools will be built new buildings.
People's schools will be spread across various regions in Indonesia by referring to data on the distribution of poverty bags.
By considering this, he said, people's schools will be prioritized in large population areas with high extreme poverty rates.
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