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        "id": 1256923,
        "msgid": "most-schools-without-libraries-1447893297",
        "date": "2002-05-15 00:00:00",
        "title": "Most schools without libraries",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Most schools without libraries JAKARTA: Only 5 percent of about 300,000 elementary and high schools in Indonesia have a library, indicating that reading habit among students is still low. Idris Kamah, the deputy chief of the National Library Development, called on the government to put aside a small portion of the annual state budget to develop libraries in schools.",
        "content": "<p>Most schools without libraries<\/p>\n<p>JAKARTA: Only 5 percent of about 300,000 elementary and high<br>\nschools in Indonesia have a library, indicating that reading<br>\nhabit among students is still low.<\/p>\n<p>Idris Kamah, the deputy chief of the National Library<br>\nDevelopment, called on the government to put aside a small<br>\nportion of the annual state budget to develop libraries in<br>\nschools.<\/p>\n<p>\"If the government can develop facilities for libraries, we<br>\nwill seek books from numerous donors and provide staff to manage<br>\nthe libraries,\" he said in observance of National Library Day and<br>\nNational Awakening Day here on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Idris said that without libraries, students would not be able<br>\nto develop a reading habit and their knowledge and quality of<br>\neducation would remain low.<\/p>\n<p>He also called on villages to take the initiative in building<br>\ntheir own libraries or reading facilities to encourage students<br>\nand school-aged children and youths and to foster their desire to<br>\nlearn.<\/p>\n<p>Rizal Sikumbang, the chairman of the Bina Anak Indonesia<br>\nFoundation, called on the government to require housing<br>\ndevelopment companies to develop library facilities in housing<br>\nprojects. -- Antara<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/most-schools-without-libraries-1447893297",
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