Jakarta, May 12 -- The school revitalization program spearheaded by the President Prabowo Subianto administration marks a strategic shift in Indonesia's educational development.

The initiative is now focused on more structured, data-driven interventions, with schools themselves serving as the primary actors.

Dilapidated school buildings-marked by leaking roofs and cracked walls-and classroom shortages remain persistent hurdles to learning, prompting the government to launch the program.

In this context, state interventions have become an urgent necessity to ensure that minimum standards for educational services are met.

For implementing the program, the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education set three main principles: safety, tho...