Sumatra needs more teachers

Sumatra needs more teachers

PADANG, West Sumatra: A councilor revealed that the province needs about 9,000 new teachers, even though complaints about unemployment continue to grow.

Legislator Sjofjan Kahar told Antara on Thursday that many of the teachers needed are for the subject of religion, while many graduates of the State Institute for Islamic Studies are currently unemployed in the province.

He suggested that the provincial office of the Ministry of Education and Culture hire teachers on a temporary or part-time basis.

"Limited funds should not be an excuse," he said.

"Unless the problem is promptly addressed, the province will have difficulty finding good human resources by the year 2020, when national and international competition accelerates," he said. (swe)