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        "msgid": "elementary-schools-get-more-teachers-1447893297",
        "date": "1997-04-26 00:00:00",
        "title": "Elementary schools get more teachers",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Elementary schools get more teachers JAKARTA (JP): Governor Surjadi Soedirdja said yesterday the municipality would raise the number of elementary school teachers to make up for the shortage of more than 2,000 teachers. He acknowledged that the government has imposed a zero-growth policy on civil servants, meaning that new personnel would be hired only in cases of employees' retirement or death. However, he said, the policy was flexible in urgent circumstances.",
        "content": "<p>Elementary schools get more teachers<\/p>\n<p>JAKARTA (JP): Governor Surjadi Soedirdja said yesterday the<br>\nmunicipality would raise the number of elementary school teachers<br>\nto make up for the shortage of more than 2,000 teachers.<\/p>\n<p>He acknowledged that the government has imposed a zero-growth<br>\npolicy on civil servants, meaning that new personnel would be<br>\nhired only in cases of employees' retirement or death.<\/p>\n<p>However, he said, the policy was flexible in urgent<br>\ncircumstances.<\/p>\n<p>\"We are going to employ more elementary school teachers in<br>\nJakarta because this is essential to meet the compulsory<br>\neducation program of nine years,\" Surjadi said after attending a<br>\nplenary session at City Council.<\/p>\n<p>The city's agency in charge of elementary schools records more<br>\nthan 40,000 elementary school teachers throughout the city.<\/p>\n<p>City Council speaker M.H. Ritonga said the government would<br>\nkeep evaluating the zero-growth policy based on demand.<\/p>\n<p>\"The policy is not a fixed one. Teachers are important in our<br>\neducation system to improve our human resources potential,\"<br>\nRitonga said.<\/p>\n<p>He said the country needed more skilled and educationally<br>\nprepared workers. (10)<\/p>",
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