After years awaiting repairs, Bangkalan pupils share a classroom
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- Eighty-six pupils at UPTD SD Negeri Pakaan Laok 1 in Bangkalan, East Java, are sharing classrooms because one school building has remained damaged for years.
- Third- and fourth-grade pupils attend lessons in the same room.
- Unclear land ownership has hindered repairs to the building.
Pupils at UPTD SD Negeri Pakaan Laok 1 in Bangkalan, East Java, have adapted to a daily routine in which two grades share one classroom.
Third- and fourth-grade pupils attend lessons together because one of the school’s buildings has remained damaged for years. The school has 86 pupils, leaving staff to organize classes around the limited space available.
Repairs have not begun because the status of the land remains unclear. For now, the pupils continue their studies in shared rooms while waiting for a solution to the school’s building problem.
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Originally published by Republika in Indonesian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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