25 percent of schools in W. Java damaged

INDRAMAYU, West Java: Almost twenty-five percent of school buildings are damaged in Indramayu regency, West Java province, it was reported recently.

Almost 200 elementary school buildings, or some 25 percent of the total 869 school buildings in the regency, are on the brink of collapse due to old age and damage due to natural disasters, an official said on Wednesday.

Masnata, the head of Indramayu Regency's Education Office, said that the damage concerned the government in the regency, as it could put the lives of students at risk.

He said that the government would immediately seek funding to repair the schools. -- JP