SD Negeri 020 Sepaku or SDN 020 Sepaku (National School Identification Number: 30402023), is a

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in Bumi Harapan,

Sepaku Sepaku () is a district of Penajam North Paser Regency, East Kalimantan, Indonesia. As of 2024, it was inhabited by 41,677 people, an increase from 40,322 people in 2023 and 39,738 people in 2022, and currently has the total area of 1,172.36 ...

Penajam North Paser Regency Penajam North Paser Regency is a regency in the Indonesian province of East Kalimantan. Its administrative centre is the town of Penajam. The area which now forms Penajam North Paser was part of the Pasir Regency until its creation as a separa ...

East Kalimantan East Kalimantan (Indonesian language, Indonesian: ) is a Provinces of Indonesia, province of Indonesia. Its territory comprises the eastern portion of Borneo/Kalimantan. It had a population of about 3.03 million at the 2010 census (within the cu ...

, Indonesia. It was founded on 1 July 1987 and received its operational permit on 15 January 2016. Originally located at Samboja–Petung Provincial Road, since 26 February 2025, the school has moved to a new location built by Astra Educational Foundation – Michael D. Ruslim (YPA MDR).

History

SDN 020 Sepaku was founded on 1 July 1987 through decree 001/SDN-067//07/1987, whilst being originally part of

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(Balikpapan Seberang, later

Penajam Penajam (), formerly known as Balikpapan Seberang until 1987, is a district and the administrative capital of Penajam North Paser Regency, in East Kalimantan, Indonesia. As of 2023, it was inhabited by 95,358 people, and currently has the total ar ...

). It was originally located at 45th kilometre of

Samboja Samboja () is a district in Kutai Kartanegara Regency, East Kalimantan, Indonesia. As of 2023, it was inhabited by 41,607 people, and currently has the total area of 284.93 km2. Its district seat is located at the village of Kampung Lama. ...

–Petung Provincial Road, in the village of Bumi Harapan, and the school received its operational permit on 15 January 2016. However, its original location has been considered prone to floods during rainy season, due to being located next to a river. In August 2024, the schoolchildren had been affected by dust from the construction of Nusantara, the future capital city of Indonesia, reportedly causing various diseases such as coughing, runny nose, fever, and diarrhoea. There were also complaints of noise during the construction. On 20 June 2023, ''Opera Gema Tanah Air Nusantara'', created by M. Syabir and played by more than 150 people, including students and teachers, was held at the field of SDN 020 Sepaku. On 1 November 2023, then-president

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, together with

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Basuki Hadimuljono Mochamad Basuki Hadimuljono (born 5 November 1954) is an Indonesian bureaucrat who is the current Head of The Nusantara Capital City Authority and was the former Minister of Public Works and Public Housing under Joko Widodo. Before his appointme ...

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, Akmal Malik, Tiffani Boer, and Gunawan Salim, attended the ground breaking for the revitalisation of SDN 020 Sepaku.

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(OIKN) then selected the school, alongside seven others in Sepaku, as role models for the implementation of educational roadmap in Nusantara. Jokowi also promised that the revitalisation project for SDN 020 Sepaku would be completed within 10 months. The decision to revitalise the school was welcomed by parents of its students. The new building was constructed by Astra Educational Foundation – Michael D. Ruslim (YPA MDR) with a budget of 29 million

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s on a 2-hectare land granted by the government of Bumi Harapan. The building also adopts aspects of traditional Dayak architecture (

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), with the concepts of 'smart building' and 'green building'. The chairman of YPA MDR, Gunawan Salim, inaugurated the building on 26 February 2025, and the event was also attended by deputy of Social-Cultural and Societal Empowerment Sector of OIKN, Alimuddin; head of Education, Youth, and Sports Service of PPU, Andi Singkerru; and several other local figures. Since then, the school has relocated its activities into the new location. These relocation efforts were appreciated by the Regional House of Representatives (DPRD) of Penajam North Paser. On 13 June 2025, SDN 020 Sepaku was inaugurated for the second time, attended by chairman of

, minister of primary and secondary education,

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, speaker of the Commission X at DPR, Hetifah Sjaifudian, and vice regent of Penajam North Paser, Waris Muin. During his visit, Mu'ti also requested to the school to include interactive smart boards in every classroom.

Facilities

As of 2025, SDN 020 Sepaku currently consists of 12 classrooms, a computer laboratorium, teachers' room(s), a principal's room, a health unit, a cooperative, a canteen, a prayer room, and other supporting facilities.

References

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