Deli Serdang, Sumut, Aug. 29 -- Indonesian Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka said on Thursday that students enrolled in Sekolah Rakyat will begin receiving laptops as part of the government's education initiative starting in September.

"Mr.President has launched Sekolah Rakyat with dormitory facilities. Students receive three meals a day and, starting next month, each will be provided a laptop," he said during his visit to Deli Serdang District, North Sumatra.

Gibran, who visited a Sekolah Rakyat junior high school with his wife Selvi Ananda, said the initiative is one of President Prabowo Subianto's flagship programs and must directly benefit its target recipients.

"The President's programs only have meaning if they truly reach th...