Rp 54b to be used to restore schools
Rp 54b to be used to restore schools
BEKASI: The City Council urged on Monday that the Rp 54
billion (US$6.3 million) fund allocated in the 2003 city budget
for schools should be used to repair decrepit schools.
"The fund should be used to restore those schools that are at
a point of collapse," chairman of Council Commission E for
education and social welfare Saaduddin said. He did not name
those schools in dire need of repair.
He said many state-run elementary, junior- and senior high
schools were ready to collapse and needed a complete overhaul.
Data from the Bekasi Education Agency for this year shows that
76,233 children have not had basic education and 277,900 children
had dropped out from elementary school. Bekasi has a population
of 1.7 million.
The data, however, did not provide the same information for
last year. -- Antara
BEKASI: The City Council urged on Monday that the Rp 54
billion (US$6.3 million) fund allocated in the 2003 city budget
for schools should be used to repair decrepit schools.
"The fund should be used to restore those schools that are at
a point of collapse," chairman of Council Commission E for
education and social welfare Saaduddin said. He did not name
those schools in dire need of repair.
He said many state-run elementary, junior- and senior high
schools were ready to collapse and needed a complete overhaul.
Data from the Bekasi Education Agency for this year shows that
76,233 children have not had basic education and 277,900 children
had dropped out from elementary school. Bekasi has a population
of 1.7 million.
The data, however, did not provide the same information for
last year. -- Antara