Acehnese students rally for education

Acehnese students rally for education

BANDA ACEH: More than a hundred students staged a
demonstration in the city on Thursday, calling on the government
to save the education program that has been disrupted by the
prolonged conflict in the province over the last ten months.

The demonstrators said the local government should repair
hundreds of school buildings that have been burned down during
the conflict.

"Aceh will be facing a lost generation in the next two decades
unless the damaged schools are repaired and children are
encouraged to go to school," said a demonstrator.

According to data at the local administration, 400 school
buildings were burned down and 70,000 students had to stop
studying because of the prolonged conflict.