Sorong, July 21 -- The provincial government of Southwest Papua has reiterated its commitment to accelerating the development of tuition-free schools under the Sekolah Rakyat (People's Schools) program to expand access to quality education for children from economically disadvantaged families.

Speaking in Sorong, Southwest Papua, on Monday, Southwest Papua Governor Elisa Kambu said that his office has instructed the governments of one city and five districts in the province to move quickly to prepare land or sites for the development of Sekolah Rakyat .

"In principle, these schools will fall under the authority of district and municipal governments. Therefore, we have asked them to promptly prepare land," he said, adding that the centra...