Education officials to lose posts

JAKARTA: In a bid to improve efficiency, Minister of National Education Abdul Malik Fadjar is restructuring the ministry, causing 241 officials to lose positions.

Ministry personnel bureau head Muji Yusuf said it was introducing the new structure before its expected implementation next month.

In the new structure, there will be seven first echelon staff, 47 second echelon staff, 174 third echelon staff and 410 fourth echelon officials, plus five staff experts of the minister.

Ministry secretary general Mahmuri Muklas said those who would be excluded from the structure might take up other functional jobs as librarians, human resources analysts, auditors or project administrators.

He said the ministry was looking at the possibility of maintaining structural allowances for the outgoing officials until December. -- Antara