Religious teachers wanted

Religious teachers wanted

JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya: A local church leader said many schools in Irian Jaya have been without teachers of Christianity.

Father M.F.Rumsarwir, the head of the Kristen Injili Church synod, which runs hundreds of schools in the province, blamed the shortage on a central government policy of permitting only three new religious teachers to be appointed each year.

The church runs 225 primary schools, 24 junior high and 10 senior high schools in Irian Jaya through the Christian Education Foundation. Father Rumsarwir said that many state schools are also without Christian teachers. (emb)