Over 3,000 teachers needed

SEMARANG: More than 3,000 junior and senior high school teachers will be needed in Central Java next year to make the government's nine-year compulsory education program a success, an official here said Saturday.

Haryanto, spokesman for the Ministry of Education and Culture office in Semarang, told Antara the office would start recruiting as many as 3,080 teaching institute graduates next Thursday at the ministry's office here.

Haryanto said the office would also recruit 204 others for the posts of office administrators, clerks and technicians.

He said the new civil servants would be recruited using computerized means and could be examined from the ministry's main office in Jakarta. (aan)