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        "msgid": "teacher-allowances-to-be-doubled-1447893297",
        "date": "2003-02-04 00:00:00",
        "title": "Teacher allowances to be doubled",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
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        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Teacher allowances to be doubled Following approval of the 2003 city budget, the city administration decided on Monday to increase the allowance for 40,000 teachers here by 100 percent from Rp 350,000 to Rp 700,000 a month. \"With an increase in the allowance, we hope the teachers will be more dedicated in their duties,\" Governor Sutiyoso said at City Hall.",
        "content": "<p>Teacher allowances to be doubled<\/p>\n<p>Following approval of the 2003 city budget, the city<br>\nadministration decided on Monday to increase the allowance for<br>\n40,000 teachers here by 100 percent from Rp 350,000 to Rp 700,000<br>\na month.<\/p>\n<p>\"With an increase in the allowance, we hope the teachers will<br>\nbe more dedicated in their duties,\" Governor Sutiyoso said at<br>\nCity Hall.<\/p>\n<p>Sutiyoso said the teachers, who are civil servants, would<br>\nstill receive their monthly salaries, according to the<br>\nregulations, besides the allowances.<\/p>\n<p>He said some 6,000 people, who were still temporary teachers,<br>\nwould be offered contracts to become permanent teachers and would<br>\nalso receive the allowance.<\/p>\n<p>The city budget, which amounted to a total of Rp 11.075<br>\ntrillion (US$1.2 billion), allocates some Rp 800 billion to the<br>\neducation sector, including teachers' salaries and allowances.<\/p>\n<p>Teachers from elementary schools to senior high schools<br>\nreceive an average monthly salary of Rp 600,000 to Rp 700,000 and<br>\nan allowance of Rp 350,000 per month.<\/p>\n<p>The same allowance might not be received by all teachers in<br>\nother areas across the country as the decision to increase it<br>\ndepends on provincial administrations.<\/p>\n<p>Teachers are well-known here for their small salaries and<br>\nliving in a modest way. To cover their daily needs, they often<br>\nteach at several schools or do part-time jobs.<\/p>\n<p>Separately, chairwoman of? City Council Commission C for<br>\nfinancial and budgetary affairs Anna Rudiantianna said details on<br>\nthe allocations of the budget, including teachers' allowances,<br>\nwould be completed this week.<\/p>\n<p>\"We still need four days to complete the details of the<br>\nbudget,\" Anna, of the Golkar Party, said.<\/p>\n<p>She said the budget had been increased to Rp 11.075 trillion,<br>\nfrom its earlier total of Rp 11.05 trillion, due to a Rp 25<br>\nbillion dividend from city-owned Bank DKI.<\/p>\n<p>Besides the dividend, the budget is based mostly on city<br>\nrevenue, with tax income of Rp 4.2 trillion, government sharing<br>\nrevenue of Rp 4.6 trillion and unspent funds from last year's<br>\nbudget of Rp 2.1 trillion. Last year's budget totaled Rp 9.7<br>\ntrillion. --JP<\/p>",
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