Jakarta, March 26 -- The Indonesian Ministry of Higher Education, Science, and Technology is opening up opportunities for 30 high schools to join the Garuda Top High School Transformation program ecosystem this year.

Higher Education, Science, and Technology Minister Brian Yuliarto said in Jakarta on Thursday that the program is a strategic initiative in building an educational ecosystem that integrates secondary education with higher education.

"It is designed to encourage the realization of quality education that can produce graduates with global competitiveness that makes them able to pursue an education in top universities both abroad and within the country," he explained.

Yuliarto explained that, under the program, high schools ar...