Irian Jaya lacks 1,673 teachers

JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya: The province needs 1,673 more teachers to improve the quality of education and develop human resources in the province, Deputy Governor JGR. Djopari said.

Speaking to The Jakarta Post on Thursday Djopari said the province falls short of teachers for junior high schools. There are only 666 teachers for that school grade, far from the actual need of 1,744.

In junior high schools, the deficit of teachers reaches 1,078, while in vocational schools 595 more teachers are needed, Djopari said.

He said that if the province managed to produce 400 new teachers annually, it could meet the teachers needed in five years.(eba/dja)