500 private schools need help

BOGOR: About 500 of the 622 private schools in Bogor regency need financial assistance from the administration to maintain their school buildings and buy textbooks, the head of the council of private education institutions said.

Solihin said that some private schools had ample money, but the rest were in dire need of help. Many students at private schools come from low-income families, he added.

He also said that 7,486 teachers in the 500 schools lived a hard life. Many of them are not permanent teachers and are paid only Rp 3,000 per hour. --JP