Jakarta, March 24 -- President Prabowo Subianto summoned several ministers of the Red and White Cabinet to the Presidential Palace, Jakarta, on Monday to discuss preparations for the development of special schools under the Sekolah Rakyat (People's Schools) program.

"Acknowledging that every citizen has the right to better education, the government plans to establish these schools in every region in need," Coordinating Minister of Community Empowerment, Muhaimin Iskandar, told the media at the palace.

In implementing the national program, he said, the central government will synergize with regional administrations that will prepare land plots or buildings for the establishment of the schools, which are intended to cater to the education...