Not enough schools to cater thousands<\/p>\n
Multa Fidrus, Tangerang<\/p>\n
Thousands of students recently graduated from elementary and
\njunior high schools in Tangerang cannot continue their education
\nthis year because of limited study places.<\/p>\n
Data from the regency education agency shows about 15 percent
\nof 64,000 elementary school graduates, or some 9,600 students,
\nwill not be able to continue their study to junior high school as
\nthere are no more seats available.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, about 20 percent of 30,000 junior high school
\ngraduates, or about 6,000 students, can not attend senior high
\nschool.<\/p>\n
Last year, a total of 18,000 elementary and junior high school
\ngraduates could not continue to the next level because of the
\nsame problem.<\/p>\n
Education agency curriculum division head Agung Basuki said on
\nMonday the capacity of both private and state schools in the
\nregency was limited but that it was growing each year.<\/p>\n
Agung said there were only 49 state junior high schools in the
\nregency that could only accommodate about 15,000 elementary
\nschool graduates. The remaining 49,000 students had to register
\nat private junior high schools if they wanted to continue their
\nstudies.<\/p>\n
\"However, from the remaining 49,000 elementary school
\ngraduates, only about 40,000 can be accommodated at 70 private
\njunior high schools. This data was revealed in a discussion with
\nprivate schools,\" he said.<\/p>\n
The remaining 9,000 students were likely to be transferred to
\nopen junior high schools, which also have limited capacity.<\/p>\n
Agung said that the existing state high schools and state
\nvocational schools in the regency could only accommodate 5,646
\nfrom a total of 30,000 students.<\/p>\n
Some 24,664 others must register themselves to 70 private high
\nschools and 54 private vocational schools but they can provide
\nseats to only around 19,000 junior high school graduates.<\/p>\n
\"If this situation continues, many more students will not be
\nable to continue their studies in the regency in the next five to
\n10 years,\" Agung said.<\/p>\n
Regent Ismet Iskandar recently issued a gubernatorial decree
\nNo. 420\/2004 on education, limiting class sizes. \"The decree
\nstipulates that each (school) classroom must only accommodate 40
\nstudents (at maximum) to ensure the quality of students'
\neducation,\" Agung said.<\/p>\n
He said administration would establish more open junior and
\nsenior high schools in the coming year and build state and
\nprivate schools to anticipate the problem.<\/p>",
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