Lombok students to stay in dorms

Lombok students to stay in dorms

MATARAM, West Nusa Tenggara: The West Lombok Education and
Culture Office will build dormitories in Sekotong and Lombok
Barat districts next year to accommodate elementary school
students from remote areas.

The office's head, M. Ishak, said that the dormitories would
help children focus on their study without having to walk for
several kilometers to reach their schools.

"There are hundreds of elementary students living in remote
areas and in the mountains. Most of them are from poor families
so we plan to put the students in the dorms," he said.

Ishak said that his office would discuss the students' living
cost with the local government and some foster parents. --Antara