Bogor schools need 6,000 new teachers

BOGOR: Bogor regency needs at least 5,000 new teachers for elementary schools and another 1,000 for high schools, an official said on Monday.

Head of the education agency, Endang Sutisna, revealed that currently the regency has 11,502 teachers plus 1,500 temporary teachers.

"We're still short of teachers, especially for the schools in the villages," he said.

Endang urged the central government to provide more teachers "based on the local population, which amounts to 4 million people and not only to replace each of the retired teachers". -- JP