Tangerang short of high schools

Tangerang short of high schools

TANGERANG: Development in the Tangerang municipality has been
racing ahead of late, with the number of districts increasing
from six to 12 in just the past five years, but residents say the
number of high schools in the municipality has failed to keep
pace.

"The addition of six new districts was not followed by the
construction of new high schools in those districts, leaving
residents complaining about a lack of schools," the municipal
education agency chief, Harry Mulya Zain, told The Jakarta Post
on Friday.

He said there were only seven state high schools in the
municipality, while ideally each district should have its own
state high school.

Besides the high schools, Tangerang has 27 state junior high
schools and 345 state elementary schools.

Harry said Tangerang Mayor M. Thamrin had ordered the agency
to calculate how many new schools were needed, and had also
promised to provide the money to build them.

The new districts are Neglasari, Cipondoh, Benda, Pinang,
Larangan and Karang Tengah.--JP