Good News From Minister Of Finance Sri Mulyani: Government Disburses IDR 20 Trillion For School Renovation

Minister of Finance, Sri Mulyani Indrawati. (Photo: Instagram @smindrawati)

JAKARTA - The government will disburse funds worth nearly IDR 20 trillion to improve infrastructure in the education sector, including renovating schools, toilet facilities (bathing, washing, and toilets), and providing clean water.

In BRI Microfinance Outlook 2025 in Tangerang, Thursday, January 30, Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati explained, President Prabowo Subianto requested that hand washing facilities be provided so that children can maintain cleanliness, especially when enjoying Free Nutrition Food (MBG) at school.

Therefore, the budget for the renovation of school repairs will continue to be improved. This year, we started by approaching Rp20 trillion," Sri Mulyani said, quoted by Antara.

The Ministry of Public Works and the Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education have discussed the implementation of the 2025 School/Madrasah Revitalization Best Result Program (PHTC).

PHTC School Revitalization is a priority program in the context of accelerating 13 Years of Learning and overcoming the problem of equitable access to education. According to Deputy Minister of Public Works Diana Kusumastuti, the target for this program includes 9,300 schools and 2,120 madrasas in kindergarten, elementary, junior high school, high school/vocational schools, SLB, and SKB, both public schools and private schools.

The implementation of school/madrasah revitalization is carried out by the Ministry of Public Works through the State Budget with a target school/madrasah handled based on the proposal and data of the 2025 TA Physical DAK from the Ministry of Education and Culture and the Ministry of Religion. The implementation is in 2 stages, namely stage 1 as many as 1,380 schools/madrasah and stage 2 as many as 10,040 schools/madrasah.

Meanwhile, in general, the education budget in the 2025 State Budget is allocated IDR 724.3 trillion.

This value is channeled through three channels, namely central government expenditure (BPP) of Rp. 297.2 trillion, transfer to the regions (TKD) of Rp. 345.1 trillion, and financing of Rp. 80 trillion.

The education budget channeled through BPP is used for the Smart Indonesia Program (PIP), the Smart Indonesia Card (KIP) for Lectures, to non-civil servant professional allowances (TPG) for non-civil servants (non-PNS).

Funds channeled through TKD are used for School Operational Assistance (BOS), PAUD BOS, TPG, to education physical allocation funds (DAK) for revitalizing educational facilities and regional libraries.

Meanwhile, the distribution through financing is used to provide scholarships for Education Fund Management Institutions (LPDP), scholarships for degrees and non-cooperation with related ministries, as well as research funding.