Program Sekolah Rakyat: Vision and Implementation
📌 The "Sekolah Rakyat" (People's School) is an initiative by President Prabowo Subianto to provide quality boarding school education for children from poor and underprivileged families.
👩‍👩‍👦 The program is a collaboration between the Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (Kementerian PU) and the Ministry of Social Affairs (Kementerian Sosial), focusing on both infrastructure and social ecosystem development.
🗺️ Phase 1 involves the rehabilitation of 166 existing school assets across Indonesia, with 20 locations in West Java, targeting completion before the new academic year starts.

Infrastructure Development (Kementerian PU)
🏗️ Phase 2 of the program involves new construction on 5 to 7 hectares of land, procured by local governments and built by the Ministry of PU.
📏 New constructions adhere to national building standards (SNI) and Permen 22/2018, emphasizing safety, health (sanitation, clean water), comfort (natural lighting/ventilation), and universal design for inclusivity.
⏳ The biggest challenge for Phase 1 was the tight timeline (under 2 months for operation), while Phase 2 faces hurdles related to land readiness (contouring, clearance, and ownership processes).

Social Management and Student Support (Kementerian Sosial)
🔍 Students are selected based on national socioeconomic data (DTSSN), prioritizing those in Desil 1 and Desil 2 (extremely poor).
📚 Services provided include free boarding, three daily meals plus snacks, eight types of uniforms, laptops, and smartboards for digital learning.
💪 The program integrates academic learning with character and ethics education, providing counselors, religious teachers, and facilitating non-academic activities like sports competitions to build self-confidence.

Long-Term Goals and Strategy
🎯 The long-term vision is to establish 500 Sekolah Rakyat across Indonesia, aiming to accommodate up to 500,000 students within the next five years to effectively break the cycle of poverty.
📈 The program is expected to foster local economies by sourcing raw materials locally and creating jobs (educators, maintenance staff, kitchen personnel) in the surrounding areas.
🧑‍🏫 Future plans include establishing a dedicated Directorate General for Sekolah Rakyat within the Ministry of Social Affairs to centralize and improve Human Resources management.

Key Points & Insights
➡️ The selection process for students is data-driven (DTSSN Desil 1/2); there is no direct registration, though verification is done through social assistants (pendamping sosial) for those not yet in the database.
➡️ A major challenge is student behavior stemming from difficult backgrounds (e.g., smoking, resistance to discipline), requiring enhanced capacity building for new teachers.
➡️ Parental involvement is crucial; parents are encouraged to interact with students during visits, as some children initially prioritized asking for mobile phones over connecting with family due to new school rules against phone use.

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