Ganjar Pranowo's Wise Steps, Students From Underprivileged Families Prioritize School Content With Few Students

Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo gave a statement to reporters in Solo/ANTARA

SOLO - Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo prioritizes students from underprivileged families to fill schools with a minimum number of students.

"We prioritize the empty ones for those who can't afford it, if they are rather poor families we prioritize," he said in Solo, Antara, Thursday, July 14.

He said the number of schools with a shortage of students in Central Java was not too many. In fact, according to him, around 90 percent of public schools within the scope of the Central Java Provincial Government are filled with the ideal number.

"Especially in the city, that's why we predict and take into account," he said.

However, he admits, there are many private schools with good quality, especially those in the city.

"Those (private schools) can be filled, (some of them) can be accommodated in state schools. That's why we remind several regions to do that (ensure the occupancy of public schools)," he said.

Previously, related to a number of schools with minimal students, the Surakarta City Government had started mapping for further merging or regrouping. Acting Head of the Surakarta City Education Office Hery Mulyono said the problem that arose in PPDB this year was the shortage of students in several elementary schools.

"The most prominent thing is that SDN Sriwedari only has one child (accepting one new student)," he said.

In this regard, according to him, it is actually not a big problem. In fact, there were no objections from the parents of the students.

"However, it is the government's obligation to improve, in the report (to the Mayor of Surakarta Gibran Rakabuming) we stated that regrouping is only one of the solutions to the problem of the shortage of school students," he said.

He said the merger of schools could be carried out as long as they met the conditions required by the government, including the number of students in one school was less than 100 children, the distance between one school and another was less than 1 km, and there were two or more schools in the same school. page.

His party noted that for this year's PPDB there were about ten elementary schools in the city of Solo that accepted less than ten new students.