Irian Jaya lacks qualified teachers<\/p>\n
JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya: Puncak Jaya regency's dream of quality
\neducation will not come true in the foreseeable future because
\nthe local teacher training institute has failed to produce
\nqualified teachers, an official said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
The regency established the institute in 1999 after migrant
\nteachers fled the regency in the early 1990s when they were
\nthreatened by secessionist activists and rebels.<\/p>\n
The institute, which offers a two-year course on elementary
\nschool teaching, was set up in cooperation with the Jayapura-
\nbased Cendrawasih University as part of a crash program that is
\nexpected to produce 200 elementary school teachers in two
\nbatches.<\/p>\n
Puncak Jaya regent Elieser Renmaur told Antara news agency
\nthat the institute was established to compensate for the more
\nthan 100 teachers who fled the mountainous regency.<\/p>\n
Scores of schools have been closed and hundreds of pupils have
\nhad to stay at home.<\/p>\n
The regent said many of the first batch of 106 graduates that
\nwill graduate in October were unqualified.<\/p>\n
\"How can they teach? Many of them can hardly read. I am
\npersonally disappointed and will seek explanation from
\nCendrawasih University's rector about how this could happen,\"
\nRenmaur said.<\/p>",
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