Jakarta \u2014 The Ministry of Education, Basic and Secondary Education\n(Kemendikdasmen) signed a Cooperation Agreement (PKS) with the\nIndonesian Army\u2019s Land Forces (TNI AD) to speed up the recovery and\nrevitalisation of educational units after disasters in Sumatra.<\/p>\n
Deputy Minister for Basic and Secondary Education, Fajar Riza Ul Haq,\nsaid the PKS is intended to accelerate the revitalisation of schools\nafter disasters, including those classified as heavily damaged and those\nrequiring relocation.<\/p>\n
\u2018We hope that through this cooperation we can quickly complete the\nconstruction of heavily damaged schools and relocations in the three\nprovinces affected by the disaster,\u2019 he said in Jakarta on Friday.<\/p>\n
He noted that the number of educational units in the heavily damaged\ncategory reached 267 schools across the three provinces, with the target\nto complete all by October 2026.<\/p>\n
He added that the government continues to push for speeding up\nrevitalisation of schools that suffered severe damage from natural\ndisasters several months ago so that students can return to learning\nwith better facilities.<\/p>\n
In its report, the Director-General of PAUD, Dasmen (Early Childhood\nEducation, Basic Education, and Middle Education) Gogot Suharwoto also\nstated that involving the TNI in accelerating school rehabilitation was\nbased on strategic considerations, including the need for rapid\nrehabilitation in emergencies, the capacity to mobilise resources and\nlogistics in hard-to-reach areas, the field engineering capacity and\nemergency construction support, and strengthening the resilience of\npublic services such as education.<\/p>\n
\u2018Through the cooperation with the TNI we will carry out\nrehabilitation on 267 educational units with heavy damage and those\nneeding relocation,\u2019 Gogot said.<\/p>\n
\u2018The contract signing with Kemendikdasmen will then extend to the\nprovinces, namely the Area Military Commands (Kodam) located in the\nthree affected provinces. Earlier we had also been pushing to accelerate\nthe rehabilitation of these schools, initiated by the Chief of Staff of\nthe Indonesian Army,\u2019 said Major General Rachmad.<\/p>\n
He added that in the process the deployed personnel would be deployed\naccording to the needs of the school construction process, so they hope\nall construction will proceed smoothly and on time.<\/p>\n
\u2018We expect that with this agreement, everything will run as it\nshould,\u2019 he said.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/mou-between-kemendikdasmen-and-tni-ad-accelerates-post-disaster-school-revitalisation-1772773237", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }