Govt to send teachers to Malaysia

Govt to send teachers to Malaysia

JAKARTA: The government will send around 250 teachers to
Malaysia in August to provide education for migrant workers'
children, who have no access to Malaysian public schools.

Coordinating Minister for People's Welfare Jusuf Kalla said on
Tuesday, Malaysian law does not allow Indonesian migrant workers'
children to accompany them. Therefore, they cannot send their
children to Malaysian schools.

"We had a discussion with Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah
Badawi recently about this problem and he agreed that Malaysia
would set up schools for the workers' children but we must
provide the teachers," said Kalla.

Currently there are approximately 10,000 migrant workers'
children aged below 15 years old in Malaysia, especially in the
eastern part of the country. Indonesian teachers to be sent to
Malaysia will mostly teach in elementary and junior high schools.
-- JP