Gianyar Regency Allocates IDR 107 Billion for Primary School Building Rehabilitation

The Gianyar Regency Government (Pemkab) has prepared a budget of Rp 107 billion to rehabilitate 131 primary school buildings. The hundreds of primary school buildings across Gianyar are old and effectively no longer fit for use.

“We are currently budgeting Rp 107 billion to rehabilitate 131 primary school buildings,” said Gianyar Regent I Made Agus Mahayastra to detikBali on Wednesday (15/7/2026).

Mahayastra said the hundreds of school buildings were built under the presidential instruction (inpres) primary school programme during the Soeharto era. As a result, the hundreds of school buildings erected since the 1980s must be rehabilitated promptly.

The planned rehabilitation of the 131 schools covers every part of the buildings, from the library and toilets to classrooms, staff rooms and other facilities.

“We will repair everything. There is a lot of damage. Some (school buildings) have gone decades without repairs. These are inpres schools, from the time of Pak Harto,” Mahayastra said.

Mahayastra declined to say when the rehabilitation of the 131 school buildings could be completed. According to him, rehabilitating the hundreds of primary school buildings in Gianyar will take time.

“Because the momentum is there and we have the budget, that is why we are carrying out the repairs,” he said.

Earlier, one of the ageing school buildings was SDN 5 Buahan on Jalan Susut in Buahan village, Payangan district. The Gianyar Regency Government had planned to construct a new building and relocate all of its pupils and teachers there.

However, that plan has yet to materialise. According to detikBali’s observations, the school has not yet been demolished. Local residents say pupils are still attending the school in the mornings.