Education Ministry Separates Budget Allocation for Learning Studio Construction
The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education (Kemendikdasmen) has stated that it has separated the budget allocation for the construction of learning studios, a proposal from President Prabowo Subianto, from the budget allocation for other education programmes.
Secretary General of Kemendikdasmen, Suharti, affirmed that the budget for the construction of learning studios, intended to support the implementation of distance learning programmes, has been provided separately, so it does not disrupt the budget allocation for other programmes, including the revitalisation of educational units and the distribution of IFP.
“The budget for the construction of learning studios is provided separately, it has been allocated separately, and it does not disrupt the budget allocation for ongoing programmes,” said Suharti after the Press Conference on the Government Work Plan and Budget and the Financial Note for the 2027 Fiscal Year in Central Jakarta on Friday.
“For the centralised studio, we will build it in Jakarta. In the past, we had an educational TV studio, and we will use that studio again,” said Minister of Primary and Secondary Education, Mu’ti, after the Government’s Introductory Statement on the Bill on the 2027 State Budget and its Financial Note by President Prabowo Subianto at the Parliament Complex in Jakarta.
He said the preparations are being carried out by renovating the studio to suit the needs of distance learning as instructed by President Prabowo.
For the first phase of educational broadcasts, the ministry will first utilise TV facilities in Jakarta before expanding to the regions through their respective task force units.
Regarding the content providers for the educational broadcast programme, Abdul Mu’ti confirmed that the best teachers in their respective fields will be optimised.
He confirmed that the optimisation of distance learning through educational broadcasts will begin this year.
For information, President Prabowo, in his State Address at the 2026 Annual Session of the People’s Consultative Assembly and the Joint Session of the Regional Representative Council and the House of Representatives, said he would create centralised studios equipped with the best teachers who would conduct distance learning broadcasts.
Thousands of schools, the President said, will be able to access the learning broadcast through these studios.
The President added that the learning studios will broadcast any subject, including foreign languages, the teaching of which will begin at the primary school level.