Government to build quake-proof schools

Government to build quake-proof schools

JAKARTA: The Ministry of National Education is planning to
build earthquake-proof schools in quake-prone areas across the
country.

"We have sent a team representing all directorates to Alor in
East Nusa Tenggara to make an inventory of damaged schools, and
price building materials. We expect to do the same in Nabire,
Papua," the ministry's directorate general of elementary and
middle school education, Indra Jati Sidi, said on Monday.

Two major earthquakes and aftershocks rattled Alor and Nabire
in the past two weeks, killing at least 50 people and injuring
hundreds of others, as well as razing buildings, including
schools. --Antara