Highlights On The Education Facility Development Budget

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JAKARTA - Four roofs of SDN Gentong class, Gading Rejo, Pasuruan, East Java collapsed. One student and one teacher died. Eleven others were injured and treated. The Ministry of Education and Culture (Kemendikbud) sent an investigation team to respond to the disaster.

Minister of Education and Culture (Mendikbud) Nadiem Makarim confirmed that his party would immediately investigate the causes of the collapse. "I have sent a team from the inspectorate general to go there and investigate," Nadiem told reporters at the DPR Building, Senayan, Jakarta, Wednesday (11/6/2019).

"This is a very sad tragedy and I have spoken with the deputy mayor there," he added, when met after a meeting with Commission X.

According to Nadiem, investigations are the first step to prevent such incidents from occurring. He is also committed to supporting the local government to solve the problem of educational facilities and infrastructure in the regions.

Highlights on budget execution

Previously, the Deputy Chairperson of Commission X DPR Hetifah Sjaifudian highlighted the high budget that was disbursed by the state to build facilities. The collapse of the class at SDN Gentong is of course a question. "We have to investigate, where is the root of the missed? Is it the school that does not report the condition of the school building that is no longer feasible, or from the city education office that has not followed up on the report," said Hetifah. Hetifah explained that elementary schools are the responsibility of the city government. . However, there are also many aid programs from the central government, in the form of special allocation funds, for example.

"All education stakeholders must be proactive in proposing and implementing repairs to schools that are not feasible. Both from the city government, schools, and parents of students," he said.

Yanti Sriyulianti, an education expert who is also the initiator of the Safe School, suspected that this disaster was due to decaying buildings. This incident should also motivate the authorities to check all conditions of school buildings throughout the archipelago.

"According to Permendikbud's standard of infrastructure, the strength of the building is 20 years ... In 2016, we from the DPR have created a Panja for Basic Education Infrastructure. At that time, we evaluated the plan to improve facilities, which were still far from needed and asked the government to accelerate the process of building schools. damaged with funds from other sources such as DBH and PAD, "said Yanti, contacted by VOI, Wednesday (6/11/2019). In 2018, said Hetifah, his party had allocated a budget of IDR 1.7 trillion for the rehabilitation of classrooms. and Rp765 billion for renovations. This number is targeted to reach 22,446 classrooms and 1,179 schools. "All education stakeholders must be proactive in proposing and implementing repairs to schools that are less than proper. Both from the city government, schools, and parents," he said. Hetifah emphasized the strength of the structure. buildings are important for the implementation of teaching and learning activities. According to Permendikbud infrastructure standards, the strength of the building is 20 years.

"This building is still two years old. Supposedly, if it is built properly, this building still meets the feasibility standards. Further investigation is needed regarding the cause of the collapse of the school building. It needs to be investigated, whether there has indeed been a construction failure from the start. Related parties must be responsible "he explained.