This Year Hundreds Of Damaged Schools Will Be Built By The Cianjur Regency Government

One of the rooms in SMPN 4 Sukaresmi, Cianjur, West Java, has been damaged and cannot be used in the teaching and learning process since the last few years. BETWEEN/Ahmad Fikri

CIANJUR - The Cianjur Regency Government, West Java, noted that hundreds of school buildings damaged by natural disasters and collapsed were eaten by age as a priority for development this year, including SMP 4 Sukaresmi. Cianjur Regent Herman Suherman said that in recent years the number of damaged schools in Cianjur has continued to increase, including after being rocked by an earthquake in 2022, but most of them received assistance from the central government. "For schools damaged by the earthquake, it was immediately rebuilt thanks to the help of the central government, while those damaged by disasters and weather were eaten by ages spread from north to south," he said in Cianjur, Antara, Friday, June 14. The lack of budget for improving schools is damaged, causing local governments to apply priority scales for schools that are heavily damaged by natural disasters and have never received renovation assistance from the government. Even today, his party continues to try to reduce the number of damaged schools every year, the Cianjur Regency Government noted that hundreds of damaged schools were built this year, adding to the budget for assistance from the province and the center as well as assistance from the private sector, including from unexpected funds. "We try to reduce the number of damaged or collapsed schools every year, including SMP 4 Sukaresmi, where two classrooms are heavily damaged and will be repaired," he said. Principal of SMPN 4 Sukaresmi, Asep Yani, said the school located in Kubang Village every day accommodates 120 students who are undergoing the teaching and learning process, but currently lacks classrooms because two of the six rooms are damaged. The damage to classrooms has occurred since 2010, where the ceiling broke and the walls of the rooms cracked so that they are prone to collapse when forced to use. Not only lack of classrooms, his party also lacks tables and chairs in each room.

"We hope that we will immediately receive improvements and additional tables and chairs as well as educational supporting facilities and infrastructure like other public schools," said Asep.