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        "id": 1703152,
        "msgid": "coordinating-minister-for-infrastructure-and-regional-development-peoples-schools-are-strategic-for-1777279900",
        "date": "2026-04-27 14:42:07",
        "title": "Coordinating Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development: People's Schools are Strategic for Eradicating Poverty",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "Coordinating Minister Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono has highlighted the strategic importance of the People's Schools initiative in breaking the cycle of poverty by providing quality education to children from low-income families without burdening their parents. The programme, part of President Prabowo Subianto's efforts to expand educational access, involves constructing 104 facilities nationwide in its second phase, while boosting local economies through employment and support for small businesses. Officials emphasise the need to ensure timely completion with high standards of quality and safety to create opportunities for graduates to pursue higher education or enter the workforce.",
        "content": "<p>Jakarta (ANTARA) - Coordinating Minister for Infrastructure and\nRegional Development (Menko IPK) Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono (AHY) has\nstated that the People\u2019s Schools initiative is strategic for eradicating\npoverty.<\/p>\n<p>He assessed that the concept will provide opportunities for children\nfrom underprivileged families to obtain quality education without\nburdening their parents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to produce outstanding, high-achieving children with better\nfutures. This is one way to break the chain of poverty sustainably,\u201d he\nsaid in a statement in Jakarta on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>He hopes that graduates of the People\u2019s Schools can continue to\nhigher education or directly enter the workforce.<\/p>\n<p>The involvement of local labour, the use of materials from the local\narea, as well as increased activity in MSMEs, rental housing, and other\nsupporting services, he said, will stimulate the local economy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis development must provide added value to the surrounding\ncommunity, both through job opportunities and strengthening the local\neconomy,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He asked all parties to continue monitoring this project to ensure it\nis completed on target, without neglecting building quality and\noccupational safety.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are not only chasing speed, but also ensuring quality and\nsustainability. This must be maintained together until completion,\u201d he\nsaid.<\/p>\n<p>The second phase of the national People\u2019s Schools construction covers\n104 locations in various regions of Indonesia.<\/p>\n<p>The government hopes that the presence of People\u2019s Schools can become\na tangible instrument for expanding educational access for\npre-prosperous families and low-income communities.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Minister of Public Works (Wamen PU) Diana Kusumastuti stated\nthat the People\u2019s Schools programme opens opportunities for poor\ncommunities to attend school.<\/p>\n<p>She explained that the programme is part of the government\u2019s efforts\nunder President Prabowo Subianto to expand educational access for\nunderprivileged communities who have previously faced limitations.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/coordinating-minister-for-infrastructure-and-regional-development-peoples-schools-are-strategic-for-1777279900",
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