Students protest teacher's transfer

TANGERANG: Around 1,300 students of SMUN 2 state high school marched to Tangerang municipality education agency on Tuesday, about one kilometer away from their school, to protest the agency's decision to transfer seven of their teachers.

"Losing seven qualified teachers at the same time makes us scared that our image as one of the best schools will fade," said one of the students.

The seven teachers -- who were transferred to three different schools -- concluded that they had surely done something wrong as the notification of the move was so sudden.

But, the head of the agency, Harry Mulya Zain, said that the seven teacher's transfer was a routine and normal procedure.

However, he promised to review the decision with Tangerang Mayor M. Thamrin soon. -- JP