Medan, North Sumatra, Jan. 29 -- Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto expressed his keenness to expand the ministry-operated Indonesian Defence University (Unhan) campuses to other regions outside Java Island to allow more students to access quality education.

"We will open new (Unhan) campuses outside Java," Subianto stated while opening the National Defence Youth programme here, Saturday.

While disclosing that he targeted Sumatra, Sulawesi, Kalimantan, and other Indonesian regions for the new Unhan campus complex, he affirmed the ministry's readiness to assist regional authorities to develop the Unhan campus in new regions.

"Sumatra, Sulawesi, Kalimantan, and other regions must have a good school. New polytechnic schools must also absor...