156 teachers for small islands

156 teachers for small islands

SUMENEP, East Java: Schools on the 76 islets in this regency
are getting 156 new teachers, most of whom are recent graduates
from the state-owned teachers colleges at the universities of
Malang and Jember, Antara reported on Saturday.

Some of the teachers will be replacing senior teachers who
will be re-posted to Sumenep "so that they won't be bored
teaching", said Musaffak, an local education official.

The regency is reportedly short of the 2,256 teachers it
needs. One remote islet, Raas, has only one or two teachers for
an entire elementary school, while most schools in the area
should have at least nine.

Ironically, Musaffak said, 380 new teaching graduates are
still unemployed. (swe)