Jakarta, Sept. 4 -- Minister of Primary and Secondary Education Abdul Mu'ti has warned education units against manipulating data on the condition of their schools merely to secure funding under school revitalization and learning digitalization programs.

He stressed that the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education (Kemendikdasmen) remains committed to ensuring that funding for the two programs is distributed to schools that genuinely need it.

"Please do not report facilities as damaged, or deliberately damage them, simply because you are seeking funding assistance," Mu'ti said while opening a central and regional coordination meeting on the School Revitalization and Learning Digitalization Programs in Central Jakarta on Friday.

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