Rain keeps students at home in Ambon

Rain keeps students at home in Ambon

AMBON: Every time the rains come, students get a holiday in
the East Seram district of Central Maluku because the roof of
their school is full of holes, and part of it has blown away.

Antara quoted the principal of Al-Hilal Guliar school, A.
Rumakar, as saying that the walls of the school were in very bad
condition and that there were many holes in the zinc roof.

"It's impossible for the children to study in such
conditions," Rumakar said.

"I'm worried for the children's safety; if repairs are done
too late the building could collapse in a strong wind," he said.

Residents said the school was built by locals and the
management was then handed over to the Al Hilal foundation and
the government. Neither party provided funds for repairs, they
said. Locals have been forced to pool whatever funds were
available to make repairs, one of the residents, Abdul Fatah
Wara-waram, said.

Foundation executives were quoted as saying that they were
surprised to learn that the school still existed, blaming a lack
of reports from school staff.