Malang, E Java, Oct. 9 -- The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education is focusing on five efforts to improve the quality of education in the country.

Primary and Secondary Education Minister Abdul Mu'ti in Batu, East Java, on Thursday outlined that the five efforts are providing scholarships to teachers, improving school infrastructure and facilities, facilitating teachers' certification, introducing artificial intelligence (AI) and coding, and implementing academic achievement tests.

As for the scholarship program, which targets teachers pursuing a bachelor's degree, he stated that his ministry will open a quota of 150 thousand people for 2026-significantly higher than this year's quota of 12,500 people.

"Each teacher will get a s...