France to help build Aceh school

France to help build Aceh school

JAKARTA: The French Ambassador to Indonesia Renaud Vignal has
signed a memorandum of understanding with the Ministry of
National Education's director general of elementary and junior
high education, Indra Djati Sidi, to help build a vocational
school in Aceh.

Under the agreement, France will provide a grant of 100,000
euro (approximately Rp 1.16 billion) to renovate classrooms at
SMK Negeri 2 in Banda Aceh, according to a press statement
released by the education ministry on Wednesday.

It added that another grant of 770,000 euro (Rp 8.93 billion)
would be donated by several French private companies, which were
not identified, to help equip and furnish the school. The latter
would be specified in another agreement.

Based on the agreement, the national education ministry will
be responsible for developing a detailed project plan for the
school's rehabilitation. --JP