We believe that economic improvement cannot be achieved without access to quality education from an early age. Our education program encompasses the entire learning cycle. We provide childcare services as well as education at the kindergarten, elementary, and junior high school levels through schools built on our three plantations. These schools are accessible to the children of our employees and the local community in Merauke. We also offer scholarships for secondary and higher education.
PT BIA has also established informal learning schools aimed at improving literacy among elementary school children in villages outside the company, namely Selil, Kindiki, Pachas, and Muting. We place full-time professional facilitators in each village to support the community and provide counseling on the importance of education. Currently, children's literacy skills have improved, with reading skills increasing by 22%, writing by 25%, and mathematics by 22%.
