Sukesti said each school uses around 15 percent of its monthly operational costs for school maintenance. This amount depends on the number of students enrolled; the administration gives each school Rp 60,000 per student per month.
Margani said that the equipment bureau had insured all school buildings.
On Wednesday, a roof and part of a wall of a classroom at a SMU Pluit Raya private high school in North Jakarta collapsed during a storm, injuring three students.
Then, that night, a fire damaged a computer laboratory, the teacher's lounge and the headmaster's office of state elementary school 01 and 02 in Cipulir, South Jakarta.
Sri Sulastri, the school's headmaster, said the school would remain open. "I will order the head of school building subdivisions to analyze the school and find solutions to prevent future fires. We will also cooperate with P2B to check the building's strength," Sukesti said.
He said that most elementary school buildings were 30 years old. The schools are susceptible to collapse and fire because they are made of wood, he said. Therefore, he added, his agency had been allocating money for their renovation.
According to the agency's data, East Jakarta has the highest number of damaged school buildings, with 141 elementary and 20 junior high schools needing repair. South Jakarta is next, with 126 damaged elementary and eight damaged junior high schools. North Jakarta is third with 38 damaged elementary and 11 damaged junior high schools, while West Jakarta comes in fourth with 27 damaged elementary schools and eight damaged junior high schools. Central Jakarta has the fewest damaged schools with 15 elementary school buildings in need of repair.
Besides fire and collapse, some of the schools are also susceptible to flooding; of 1,100 high school buildings, 30 are in danger.
State high school 8 Bukit Duri, near the Ciliwung river, is one such school. Margani said that the school had moved classes because water in the area reached an adult's waist.
Sukesti said that learning activities should be the top priority. Headmasters should evacuate students to other places or give them homework if the schools were inundated, he said.
"To anticipate floods, we have designed some of the schools on stilts. The first floor can be used as playground or water retention area, while classes can be held on the second floor," he said.
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