Jakarta, April 7 -- The Ministry of Social Affairs is preparing for Sekolah Rakyat, a free school program in Magelang, Central Java, by optimizing its assets, namely the Magelang Antasena Center.

"We have two locations in Magelang, one is in Antasena and the other is in Tegalrejo, and the assets belong to the district government," Deputy Minister of Social Affairs Agus Jabo Priyono noted in a statement here on Monday.

He explained that the Sekolah Rakyat program was established to facilitate students from families categorized as poor or extremely poor based on the National Socio-Economic Single Data (DTSEN).

The Sekolah Rakyat schools will adopt a boarding school concept for elementary, junior high, and high school levels.

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