Raise teachers' salary: Governor

Raise teachers' salary: Governor

KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: Governor Maj. Gen. Herman Musakabe
expressed concern recently over local teachers' poor welfare,
saying that the drive to improve the quality of education should
start with raising their monthly pay.

Teachers posted in remote areas should be given even greater
attention, Herman said in a meeting earlier this week with
education officials and members of the Indonesian Teachers'
Association.

"The government, the private sector and parents should all
contribute to the effort to improve education," Herman said.

Abraham Gampar of the East Nusa Tenggara office of education
told The Jakarta Post that local residents have yet to take the
responsibility for the improvement of education seriously and
tend to leave things to the government.

The province has 32,000 teachers, 578,500 primary school
students, 47,000 junior high school students and about 5,000
schools for students from kindergarten to senior high level.
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