Bishop calls for better teachers

Bishop calls for better teachers

BOGOR: To broaden the role of teachers in society and the
Catholic community, Bogor Bishop Michael Cosmos Angkur said on
Sunday that he hoped to activate a group of educators in Bogor.
Another group operates in Semarang.

The Bogor diocese had sent two teachers, representing
Indonesia, to the world teachers quadrennial meeting in Paris in
2000, and the 2002 Asian teachers biennial meeting in Bangladesh
to upgrade their professional capabilities.

"When I participated in the 2000 meeting, we discussed the
welfare of teachers and the challenges of the profession," said
Muji Paryono, principal of SDN Carang Pulang I state elementary
school.

The principal of the SDN Atsiri Bojong Gede state elementary
school, Kristina Sriyati, who attended the 2002 meeting, said
that Indonesia must learn from other developing countries like
Bangladesh, which give greater attention to education. -- JP