Social Minister targets 5 people's schools in Eastern Calimantan working this year

Jakarta – The Minister of Social Affairs (Social Minister) Saifullah Yusuf has pushed five people’s schools in East Calimantan to be prepared and started running this year. He said that if the designated assets and buildings are based on the Public Works Ministry (PU), it can be reported to President Prabowo immediately to prioritize. “God wants, with this youngest province earlier, we get permission from the governor to investigate one of the buildings very ready to start this year,” he said in a written statement on Saturday (5/10/2025). He said this in the social pillal eye in the Babaya Dung, Samarinda, East Calimantan (East Calimantan). Browse to continue with the male content, which is known to be called Gus Ipul, explained that New People’s School’s proposal is located at Sman 16 and SMA Melati. Later, the two schools are first questioned to see feasibility. “What determines whether the Ministry of Public Works is or not,” he said. He mentioned that there are currently 300 submissions of Regency/Cities to establish community schools. But this proposal is still working on land certificates, and so on. “But the proposal in the form of buildings and the organization of people’s schools this year is almost 100, now we have confirmed everything,” he said. As for the financing of people’s schools, he said he would be taken from the state budget, ranging from uniforms, school equipment, free meals every day to other industry needs. “It will be handled by the National Nutrition Agency to eat,” he said. Gus Ipul said his party was currently with the provincial government of East Calimantan to struggle so that he could immediately start a Volkskool. “The governor is enthusiastic, we are excited,” Gus Ipul said. Gus Ipul, who saw the high spirit of the governor, on this occasion requested that the social pillars also participate in the success of the people’s schools as a poverty chain breaker. They are asked to sort and validate prospective students. “Go to his home, examine the problem and make sure it’s really worthy to go to school schools,” he said. He emphasized that President Prabowo wanted to provide full support to poor families so that his child could go to a quality environment. Then the children can also go to school completely. “It’s one thing we have to support together,” he said. Meanwhile, the governor of the East Calimantan Rudy Mas’ud welcomed the People’s School program. According to him, the presence of this program is in accordance with the priority of the local government. “We have launched a free school. Our efforts with the Regency/City, because there are both that are free from primary school to high school,” he said. He is committed to breaking the chain of poverty through free and quality education. In fact, he also made free students -uniforms. “Similarly with BPJs, for our health, we are free, the purpose is that their income (parents) for living expenses,” he concluded. Also watch the video “Social Minister: The construction of 100 people’s schools will use the APBN here”: (Akn/Ega) HOEGENG Awards 2025 Read the inspiring story of the exemplary police candidate here