Few people interested in becoming teachers<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Vice President Try Sutrisno is dismayed by the
\ndeclining interest in choosing teaching in schools as a
\nprofession.<\/p>\n
Try called on all Indonesian educational institutions to help
\nconvince the public that teaching is a rewarding profession which
\nevery teacher should be proud of.<\/p>\n
Try's message was conveyed to the mass media by officials of
\nthe Foundation of Taman Siswa Schools, who met with him to
\ndiscuss their plan to hold a congress in Yogyakarta from July 15
\nto 20.<\/p>\n
Foundation chief Boerhanoeddin Lubis quoted Try as saying that
\nfewer people are interested in the teaching profession probably
\nbecause they are deterred by the well-known meager salaries.<\/p>\n
\"The Vice President asked the congress to discuss ways to
\nreassure the public that teaching remains a noble and rewarding
\nprofession,\" Lubis told journalists.<\/p>\n
Try asked the foundation's officials not to be dazzled by
\nforeign values streaming into Indonesia from the global free flow
\nof information, and to hold on firmly to its principles.<\/p>\n
Congress<\/p>\n
The schools' 17th congress will be opened by President
\nSoeharto and closed by Coordinating Minister of People's Welfare
\nAzwar Anas.<\/p>\n
The gathering will bring together about 600 educators from the
\nfoundation's 136 branches throughout Indonesia.<\/p>\n
Minister of Education and Culture Wardiman Djojonegoro, Armed
\nForces Chief Gen. Feisal Tanjung and business tycoon Probosutedjo
\nare scheduled to address the conference.<\/p>\n
Taman Siswa schools, one of Indonesia's oldest, have about
\n82,000 students all over Indonesia.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the Indonesian Prosperous Labor Union yesterday
\ncriticized the deductions from teachers' salaries in East Java
\nand other places for the ruling Golkar's election campaigns.<\/p>\n
\"Although people consider teaching a noble profession,
\nteachers' rights are often abused,\" the union said in a statement
\nsigned by its chairman, Muchtar Pakpahan and deputy secretary-
\ngeneral Sulistri.<\/p>\n
Muchtar called on teachers to join the union so that they can
\nacquire stronger bargaining power. (pan)<\/p>",
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