Students sit on floors<\/p>\n
MATARAM, West Nusa Tenggara: Lack of financial resources to
\nequip elementary schools with even the most basic furnishings has
\nforced children in several schools in the province to sit and
\nstudy on the floor.<\/p>\n
Head of the provincial education and culture office, M.
\nSoelkan, said he was concerned by the sorry state of many
\nschools.<\/p>\n
\"I see a lot of students sitting on the floor and crouching
\ndown with their books when they have to write,\" he said after a
\nvisit to several schools in Lombok.<\/p>\n
During his tour, he saw at least three elementary schools
\nwhich lacked a sufficient number of desks and chairs, Antara
\nreported.<\/p>\n
He said he would ask other schools which had extra furniture,
\nincluding items needing repair, to send them to the needy
\nschools.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the headmaster of elementary school 10 in Tanjung,
\nBima regency, HM Yasin, has imposed a policy of asking each new
\nstudent to bring one chair to school.<\/p>\n
He said he introduced the policy so students would not have to
\nsit on the floor, adding that a request for new chairs and tables
\nto the Bima education office had proved fruitless.<\/p>\n
\"However, this year none of the new students has brought any
\nchairs to school. Last year it worked quite well as we collected
\n50 chairs,\" he said.<\/p>",
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