Jakarta, April 30 -- President Prabowo Subianto has emphasized that the implementation of the Sekolah Rakyat (People's School) program at 53 locations must be thoroughly planned and precisely targeted, a minister said.

Sekolah Rakyat is a free education initiative launched by the government to improve access to education and reduce poverty.

"The President has instructed us to ensure that the 53 Sekolah Rakyat sites are prepared with careful planning," Minister of Social Affairs Saifullah Yusuf said at the Presidential Palace Complex in Jakarta on Wednesday.

He added that the President wants the program to be implemented with precision from the planning phase to implementation and eventually graduation.

Yusuf noted that additional loca...