JAKARTA - The Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education (Kemendikdasmen) reported that the realization of the Education Unit Revitalization Program had reached more than 99 percent. The program includes the construction and renovation of thousands of schools at various levels of education, as well as strengthening learning support facilities, including digitization.
Minister of Basic and Secondary Education Abdul Mu'ti conveyed this achievement in the Plenary Cabinet Meeting chaired by President of the Republic of Indonesia Prabowo Subianto and attended by Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia Gibran Rakabuming and the Red and White Cabinet at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta, Monday, December 15.
"We generally report the Education Unit Revitalization program which is planned to build 16,175 units. Currently, as many as 16,156 units are in the process of being built," said Abdul Mu'ti.
He explained that the absorption of the school revitalization budget from the PAUD level to the SMA was in the range of 98 to 99 percent. Especially for Special Schools (SLB), the absorption of the budget even reached 99.81 percent. Overall, the absorption of the revitalization budget was recorded at 99.34 percent.
On the same occasion, the Ministry of Education also reported the impact of the flood disaster on the education sector in Aceh, North Sumatra, and West Sumatra. A total of 3,274 school buildings and educational facilities were affected by the disaster.
"The steps we have taken include distributing assistance in the form of goods, such as 148 units of emergency classroom tents, 15,000 school kit packages, 7,500 children's parcels, 2,000 pairs of shoes, 700 * family kits *, as well as 65,000 textbooks and non-textbooks," said Abdul Mu'ti.
In addition to the goods assistance, the government also distributed cash assistance worth Rp39.6 billion. Of this amount, Rp35 billion was allocated for special allowances for teachers in disaster-affected areas. This assistance is intended for around 16,500 teachers with a value of around Rp2 million per person.
Meanwhile, learning activities in a number of disaster-affected areas are gradually normal. In Aceh, of the 18 districts/cities affected, three areas, namely Pidie, Subulussalam, and Lhokseumawe, have implemented full-time learning.
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In West Sumatra, all 16 districts/cities affected have resumed learning, except for 93 schools in Agam Regency which are still on vacation until December 22, 2025.
As for North Sumatra, most of the affected areas have carried out normal learning. However, a number of areas such as Central Tapanuli, South Tapanuli, North Tapanuli, Langkat, and Sibolga City are still implementing limited learning.
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