School buildings in terrible repair

School buildings in terrible repair

PALANGKARAYA, Central Kalimantan: Nearly half of the 2,724
elementary school buildings in the province are in dire condition
needing immediate repairs.

Siswanto Adi, deputy governor in charge of people's welfare,
said on Saturday that 1,097 school buildings were badly damaged.

He conceded that they needed to be renovated but noted that
the province only had resources to repair about 104 school
buildings per year.

"To repair all the damaged elementary schools needs 10 years,"
he remarked during a hearing with the provincial council.

As quoted by Antara, he urged the central government to help
allocate more funds to support the province's education.

He added that apart from funds to repair educational
infrastructures, greater incentives were needed for teachers in
remote areas of the province.