400 students leave East Timor

400 students leave East Timor

DILI, East Timor: Some 400 students in the last two months
have moved to study outside the province due to the security
disturbances which have continued to dog Indonesia's youngest
province.

The head of the curriculum section of the local Education
Office, Emanuel Ulu, said here Wednesday that the students had
requested the transfer due to the rising political tension and
various forms of intimidation occurring.

"If the situation here is not conducive for studying, then we
cannot stop the students from moving," he said as quoted by
Antara.

A series of demonstrations involving high school students have
caused intermittent suspensions of the school year in the past
few weeks.