Unlike Pramono, Rano Disagrees With The Free Private School Program In Jakarta

Rano Karno/PHOTO: Diah Ayu-VOI

JAKARTA - The candidate for Deputy Governor of Jakarta Rano Karno admits that he does not agree if the DKI Provincial Government runs a free school program in private education units. In fact, previously there was a candidate for Governor Pramono Anung who wanted to make private schools free so that 12 years of study could be carried out.

"No, (the private school) is not (freedomized), because the private capacity is limited," said Rano at Waroeng Bang Doel, Lebak Bulus, South Jakarta, Tuesday, September 17.

According to Rano, to facilitate students who are not accommodated in public schools in accepting new students (PPDB), it is better for the DKI Provincial Government to provide educational scholarships to students who attend private schools.

"This is where the role of local governments can provide scholarships for public children who go to school in the private sector. That is the scholarship fee from the local government, that is the system, and it is done by several regencies and cities around. That's normal, depending on whether the APBD is big or not? Jakarta is more than enough," explained Rano.

On the one hand, Rano also admitted that he would increase the number of classrooms in public schools so that the capacity of students could also be increased during PPDB. This, according to Rano, could be a solution to land constraints for the construction of new schools.

"People ask 'Bang, where is the land?'. How come it goes up (to add floors). That means, yesterday two classes, we raised it to three classes," said Rano.

Previously, the candidate for governor of Jakarta, Pramono Anung, said that the Jakarta Regional Revenue and Expenditure Budget (APBD) was ready to run a free private school. According to him, this policy only needs to be formalized.

Therefore, Pramono admitted that he would free private schools on certain grades for students who did not pass public schools in PPDB

"So actually the Jakarta APBD is ready for that, but it is not yet a policy that has been implemented," said Pramoni at the East Jakarta Regional Training Center, East Jakarta, Saturday, September 14.