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        "id": 1243111,
        "msgid": "govt-to-raise-teachers-allowance-1447893297",
        "date": "2002-03-02 00:00:00",
        "title": "Govt to raise teachers' allowance",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Govt to raise teachers' allowance JAKARTA: The government has kept its word to improve the welfare of the country's teachers by announcing on Friday a plan to raise the state employees' monthly allowance by 50 percent in May. Minister of National Education Malik Fajar said after a meeting with President Megawati Soekarnoputri that the increase would be a special gift for teachers when they celebrate the National Education Day on May 2.",
        "content": "<p>Govt to raise teachers' allowance<\/p>\n<p>JAKARTA: The government has kept its word to improve the<br>\nwelfare of the country's teachers by announcing on Friday a plan<br>\nto raise the state employees' monthly allowance by 50 percent in<br>\nMay.<\/p>\n<p>Minister of National Education Malik Fajar said after a<br>\nmeeting with President Megawati Soekarnoputri that the increase<br>\nwould be a special gift for teachers when they celebrate the<br>\nNational Education Day on May 2.<\/p>\n<p>The current education allowance, known as functional allowance<br>\nin the past, ranges from Rp 112,500 (US$11) to Rp 175,000. New<br>\nstate teachers receive Rp 667,300 as a monthly salary, with the<br>\nhighest paid ones taking home Rp 2.1 million.<\/p>\n<p>Malik said the government was studying the possibility of<br>\ndeclaring the increase effective as of January this year, and<br>\nreimbursing the unpaid monthly allowances starting from May. --<br>\nJP<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/govt-to-raise-teachers-allowance-1447893297",
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    "sponsor": "Okusi Associates",
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