KSP Emphasises Quality of Construction for People's School in Karangasem
Denpasar (ANTARA) - The Head of the Presidential Staff Office (KSP), Muhammad Qodari, emphasised the importance of strong construction quality in building the People’s School in Karangasem Regency.
“This building must have strength, provide function, and aesthetics, so all three variables must be implemented well,” said the KSP after inspecting the construction of the Bali Provincial People’s School in Tulamben Village, Karangasem, on Tuesday.
In a statement from the Bali Provincial Government in Denpasar, he mentioned that the contract value for building this school is Rp255.5 billion, sourced from the 2025-2026 State Budget (APBN).
Therefore, in addition to the quality of the building that needs to be addressed, the timeliness of the work is also a focus, so that it can immediately provide benefits to the community.
“My presence as Head of the Presidential Staff Office in the field aims to find out directly whether the planned programme is running or not,” he said.
Currently, the People’s School in Karangasem has only reached 19.41 percent construction realisation, with work from 30 March to 5 April 2026.
Furthermore, during his visit, the KSP also highlighted differences between decile 1 (very poor) and decile 2 (poor) in Bali, as well as requests for decile expansion, issues of governance in organising the People’s School going forward, and challenges in the boarding programme for students whose parents are reluctant to give permission for boarding.
For this reason, Qodari asked the Bali Provincial Government to collect data on students who meet the criteria for this free affirmative boarding education programme.
He hopes that this People’s School will be able to improve the quality of human resources in Bali, while opening up opportunities for underprivileged communities.
In response to the directive for data collection, Bali Deputy Governor I Nyoman Giri Prasta stated that the People’s School programme is very much needed by the Balinese community, so he assured that it would be accommodated.
“This programme has an impact on the community; the facilities and infrastructure of this People’s School are also very adequate, complete with laptops and internet access. Therefore, this programme must be coordinated with parents and students so that it can run well and support the achievement of Golden Indonesia 2045,” said Giri.