76 Percent of Elementary School Classrooms are Damaged

More than 76 percent of elementary school (SD) classrooms were damaged in the 2015/2016 academic year. Approximately 65.2 percent suffered minor to moderate damage, and 10.94 percent suffered severe damage. Therefore, only 23.85 percent of classrooms were in good condition.

The 2016 Portrait of Indonesian Education report indicates that the number of elementary school students reached 25.89 million in the 2015/2016 academic year. There were 1.8 million teachers and one million classrooms. This resulted in a student-to-classroom ratio of 25:1. (Note: There appears to be a discrepancy in the original text regarding the student-to-classroom ratio; the text provides two different ratios, 14:1 and 25:1. The 25:1 ratio is used here as it is consistent with the provided numbers of students and classrooms).

In the 2017 State Budget, the government maintained its education budget at 20 percent, or approximately Rp 400 trillion.