Jambi, July 24 -- Minister of Primary and Secondary Education, Abdul Mu'ti, has said that President Prabowo Subianto's government is pursuing two priority programs to advance education in the country.

"The first is the improvement of educational units (schools) and digitalization to enhance the learning system," he informed here on Thursday.

He said that in this year's State Budget (APBN), the central government has allocated Rp16.9 trillion or around US$1.037 billion for the revitalization of 11 thousand schools and the development of a digitalized learning system.

For the revitalization program, the ministry has agreed to directly transfer improvement funds to schools, which will be tasked with managing them.

This is aimed at making...