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Search-and-rescue personnel saved 104 students while the toll reached 61 dead and two missing as at Oct 8, according to the National Disaster Mitigation Agency.
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JAKARTA – The Indonesia government is forming a task force to inspect buildings at Islamic boarding schools, also known as pesantren, across the country following the deadly collapse of Al Khoziny Islamic boarding school in Sidoarjo, East Java, but experts warn auditing is not enough and that deeper reforms are needed for national oversight.
On Sept 29, a three-story musholla, or prayer room, at Al Khoziny school collapsed while dozens of students were performing asar, the afternoon prayer.
