6 Years Of Waiting, New Kudus Regency Government Budgeted IDR 200 Million To Repair SDN 6 Terban After Ceiling Collapses Affecting Students

Regent of Kudus Hartopo accompanied by the Head of Education, Youth and Sports of Kudus Regency Harjuna Widada while inspecting the location of elementary school (ANTARA)

KUDUS - The government of Kudus Regency, Central Java, has budgeted IDR 200 million for

repair of the State 6 Terban Elementary School (SD) located in Jekulo District. Repairs were made following the collapse of the school ceiling on students who were studying.

"It has been budgeted through the 2022 APBD of Rp. 200 million so that this year there will be improvements. Even though there will be improvements later, it is better for teachers and school principals to check whether the roof is in good condition or not," said Regent Kudus Hartopo when he was met inspecting the classrooms of SDN 6 Terban , Between, Wednesday, January 12.

Based on field observations, a number of the roofs of the SDN 6 Terban classrooms were leaking marked with water marks. This shows that so far there has been no concern for checking the school roof.

"If there is no immediate repair, then similar damage will also occur again even though there have been repairs," he said.

The principal of SDN 6 Terban, Sutono admitted, the condition of the school building being damaged for a long time. Since 2015, his party has proposed budget assistance for repairs for all rooms from grade 1 to grade 6.

However, he said, the new budget was disbursed this year to coincide with the incident when the ceiling collapsed on students last Tuesday. Meanwhile, there are four classrooms that urgently need to be repaired, namely classrooms 1, 2, 3 and 4.

With this Rp200 million budget assistance, the school will use it optimally. Is it used to repair all classrooms or only some rooms.

Sutono also expressed his gratitude to the Kudus Regency Government for getting attention so that this year it can be repaired immediately after waiting for six years.

Regarding the order of the Kudus regent, he said, there has been an inspection of the damaged roof. In fact, 500 units of roof tiles have been purchased for replacement.