English First opens new branch

English First opens new branch

JAKARTA (JP): English First, a Boston-based company
specializing in English education, opened a new branch on Jl.
Timor, Central Jakarta, yesterday.

Yanti Tirta, an assistant to the school director of English
First's Indonesian office, said the opening of the new branch was
to strengthen English First's foothold in Indonesia.

"This is English First's eighth branch in Jakarta and its 14th
in Indonesia, with about 10,000 students nationwide. The other
branches are located in Bogor, Bandung, Cirebon, Semarang and
Surabaya," she said.

The company plans to open other new branches in Ujungpandang,
Palembang and Lampung by the end of the year, she said.

Yanti said 60 percent of English First's teachers were native
English speakers from the United States and Great Britain. The
teachers are required to have at least two years' experience
teaching English, she said.

English First, which has branches in 35 countries, opened its
first school in Indonesia in 1987. (hhr)