JAKARTA - Social Minister (Mensos) Saifullah Yusuf or Gus Ipul encourages the Sidoarjo Regency Government to immediately open a People's School (SR) in the local area in 2026.
"At least this year in Sidoarjo, the People's School of Initiation has begun to be implemented," said Gus Ipul after attending a socialization regarding the update of the National Social and Economic Single Data (DTSEN) in Sidoarjo, East Java, Friday, quoted by Antara.
According to him, Sidoarjo's position as a buffer region for the East Java Provincial Capital, namely Surabaya, has a very crucial role in ensuring that residents who are registered in desil 1 and desil 2 DTSEN in the local area can get a good education.
He said that efforts to establish a People's School in the area could begin through the People's School Initiation program by utilizing the local government's asset building as a teaching and learning facility.
In addition, the Minister of Social Affairs said that the government is currently building 100 permanent People's Schools in various parts of Indonesia in 2026 with the target of adding 100 more schools in 2027.
"In the future, I hope that the permanent SR development in Sidoarjo can be included in the quota for the construction of 100 other schools in 2027," said Gus Ipul.
Meanwhile, Sidoarjo Regent Subandi said his party had prepared 9.5 hectares of land in Buncitan Village, Sedati District, for the permanent People's School location.
He hopes that the construction of the People's School in Sidoarjo can be realized in 2027 in accordance with the direction of the Minister of Social Affairs to accommodate education for children in Sidoarjo whose families are registered in the lowest desil of DTSEN.
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