Bekasi rotates 174 principals

Bekasi rotates 174 principals

BEKASI: As many as 174 of 460 headmasters of elementary
schools in the Bekasi municipality have been rotated to other
schools as part of what is known as a "tour of duty."

Bekasi Mayor Akhmad Zulfaih said on Friday that the tour of
duty aimed at refreshing the school masters.

"Working at the same school for five years can be too much for
schoolmasters. Therefore, they need refreshing," Akhmad told
journalists, adding that the tour of duty had been planned for a
long time.

He admitted that there were schoolmasters who were happy with
their new schools, but just many who were not so happy with their
new places.

He also said that there were some 856 teachers of elementary
schools who have not yet become civil servants in the
municipality.

"They want to become civil servants, but we cannot fulfill
their demands because the recruitment of civil servants is
responsibility of the central government," he said. --Antara