Most schools in bad shape

Most schools in bad shape

SEMARANG, Central Java: More than 13,000 of the province's
22,000 primary school buildings are dilapidated, the head of the
Ministry of Education and Culture's provincial office, Slamet
Haryanto, said yesterday.

Slamet said that 9,196 of the school buildings were slightly
damaged, 3,807 were in poor condition and 1,600 were in total
ruin.

He said his office had requested Rp 2 billion (US$8.3 million)
from the provincial administration to finance the renovation of
136 buildings. The central government has already set aside Rp
1.4 million for this project. (har/swe)