Jakarta, Oct. 14 -- The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education and the Ministry of Forestry are collaborating to enhance the environmental literacy and forest conservation leadership of students.

The cooperation was marked by the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Jakarta on Tuesday.

"Our children must learn directly from nature so that they grow up to be a generation that loves the environment and safeguards its sustainability," Primary and Secondary Education Minister Abdul Mu'ti said here.

Secretary General of the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education Suharti explained that the MoU is a result of intensive discussions between the two ministries.

The cooperation covers human resources capacity building, the...