Jakarta, Dec. 8 -- Indonesia's Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education is revising its 2026 budget to accelerate recovery of schools disrupted by floods and landslides across Aceh, North Sumatra, and West Sumatra.

"To normalize teaching and learning, we are reallocating funds through a Dispensation for Budget Reallocation, per Ministerial Letter No. 28189/MDM.A/PR.07.04/2025," Education Minister Abdul Mu'ti said in a virtual meeting with Parliament's Commission X on Monday.

The reassigned funds will cover special allowances for teachers and support emergency schools in disaster-affected areas, Mu'ti said.

Budget sources include the Secretariat General and the Directorate General of Vocational, Special, and Non-formal Education (PKP...