Al-Azhar school finally inaugurated

Al-Azhar school finally inaugurated

BOGOR (JP): Mayor Iswara Natanegara, who earlier planned to
demolish the new Al-Azhar school, inaugurated the Islamic-based
school here on Thursday.

In his speech, he said he hoped that the Al-Azhar Plus school
would become one of the quality education institutes in town.

"A quality education can be achieved based on at least two
important things, namely having skilled teachers and a flexible
curriculum," Iswara said.

He said a school with such standards would produce students
with high capabilities.

Iswara earlier issued a decree for the demolition of the newly
completed Al-Azhar school, which has already cost Rp 2 billion.

The decree dated July 6 this year was issued because the
school failed to obtain necessary building permits.

The mayoralty said warning letters sent to the privately run
school from September last year had not elicited a response. The
school, run by the Mandala foundation, denied receiving any
letters.

The two-story building, on a 8,000 square-meter-plot on Jl.
Sindang Barang in West Bogor, will accommodate junior high,
senior high, economics high and technical high school students.

Commenting on the administration's change of heart, mayoralty
spokesman Anas S. Rasmana said: "It's different now, because the
school possesses legal documents for the site plan and a building
construction permit, issued on Wednesday.".(24/bsr)