Jakarta, May 14 -- The Indonesian government has officially begun implementing President Prabowo Subianto's nationwide school renovation programme, aiming to upgrade more than 10,000 schools across the country in 2025.

The initiative is backed by a 16.9 trillion IDR (approximately 1.02 billion USD) budget and seeks to address widespread infrastructure deterioration in the national education system.

According to the Statistics Indonesia (BPS), many school buildings, particularly primary schools, are in varying states of disrepair. Only 40% of primary school classrooms are in good condition, with nearly 49% moderately damaged and over 10% severely damaged.

This situation is similarly concerning in junior secondary schools, where nearly h...