Irian Jaya lacks 1,673 teachers

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)