President Prabowo Launches Digital Learning Program
President Prabowo Subianto officially launches the “Digital Learning for a Smart Indonesia” program at state junior high school SMPN 4 Bekasi, on Monday (11/17). (Photo by: BPMI of Presidential Secretariat)
President Prabowo Subianto on Monday (11/17) officially launched the “Digital Learning for a Smart Indonesia” program at state junior high school SMPN 4 Bekasi, West Java province. The launch was streamed to 1,337 schools in 38 provinces, marking a milestone in digital learning service equality throughout Indonesia.
Upon his arrival at the venue, President Prabowo was welcomed by some cabinet ministers, Governor of West Java Dedi Mulyadi, and the of SMPN 4 Bekasi, Sungkawati. The students enthusiastically welcomed President Prabowo, showing their drum band skills, singing the national songs, and waving the national flag.
The President also visited a classroom and enjoyed the Interactive Flat Panel (IFP) technology. He witnessed how technology could improve the learning process to be more interesting, interactive, and adaptive for students.
On his remarks, the President expressed his appreciation to teachers, educators, and all parties who are actively involved in digital learning improvement. He expressed hope that the program would support students to learn more effectively and open wider access to knowledge.
“75 percent of schools in Indonesia have received interactive panels. Alhamdulillah, these panels will help all students in Indonesia to study better, more enthusiastically, faster, and get more access to knowledge, materials that are needed,” said the President.
Meanwhile, Minister of Primary and Secondary Education Abdul Mu’ti reported that this program is a fulfilment of President Prabowo’s commitment that was made during the 2024 National Teacher’s Day commemoration and an implementation of Presidential Instruction No. 7 of 2025 on the Acceleration of School Development, Revitalization, and Learning Digitalization, and President Regulation No. 79 of 2025 on the Update of the 2025 Government Work Plan. This program is designed to ensure that every school – whether in city centers or in the most remote areas – receives access to high-quality, technology-based education.
“We will monitor and evaluate the program at schools that receive the IFP. There have been significant improvements in learning that is more fun, exciting, and achieves higher school attendance,” said the Minister.
He also reported that as many as 172,550 panels have been distributed as of November 2025, and the other 43,022 are in the process of distribution. The Government has targeted it all to be completed by December this year. (BPMI of Presidential Secretariat) (RD/MMB)
