"We've got a thousand athletes SEA Games contingent. That comes out of boarding school can be counted on fingers. In fact, there are 10 million Indonesian children in boarding school," said Mallarangeng in Makassar, yesterday.
He said, boarding schools have great potential in producing professional athletes. Only constrained on the facilities and sports facilities are not available. He mencobtohkan, in all boarding schools he has visited, none of which have swimming pool facilities.
"Therefore, I encourage schools to build a swimming pool," he said.
He said it now makes Sports boarding program for students of talent development in sports. "We now encourage schools to also develop sports and youth activities, including scouting," he said.
In order to facilitate the implementation of this program, the Ministry of Religious Menpora invited to get involved in the program Sports boarding. According to him, the character development of young people in Indonesia not only in classrooms but also in classroom activities such as sports and scouting.
Mallarangeng said it has established cooperation with several schools in building sports facilities and youth development activities. "As in South Sulawesi in some places like in the District of Bone. There are also in East Java, Central Java, West Java, and Sumatra. But, the budget is limited so much to lure other parties to participate in programs to think outside the classroom in boarding school, "he said.
Only, not to mention Mallarangeng funds for the program prepared in Menpora mengolahragakan this pesantren. He just asked for another ministry, such as Kemendikbud and Kemenag joined together to support the program.
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(Syamsu Rizal/Koran SI/abe)