Informal training

Thu, 26 Jan 1995

Informal training

From Merdeka

I wonder why the Jakarta Office of the Department of Education and Culture instructed the Principals of the Junior/Senior High Schools to attend an informal training program in a hotel in Puncak, West Java, which costs Rp 350,000. Doesn't the Ministry or the Governor have a special budget for such a project, and why is it held out of town? Must the schools extort the parents to finance the training?

There are many places in Jakarta that can be used for carrying out training programs. A school principal has a lot of problems to address, and so, he should not be absent from his post for several days to attend a training course. As a parent I cannot agree to such a ruling. The funds should be made available from the state budget.

FATAHILLAH JOUHANSYAH

Jakarta

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