Teachers and students end strike

Teachers and students end strike

JAKARTA (JP): The striking teachers of the Ksatrya school in
Central Jakarta ceased the boycott they began Feb. 28 and started
giving lessons yesterday.

Some 32 teachers of the economics and management high school
went on strike for six days over the dismissal of their
headmaster, M. Effendi, by the school's board.

Teachers lambasted the board's handling of their proposals to
raise Lebaran allowances and improve the school's facilities.
They denounced the board for ignoring their demands.

About 350 students joined the strike on Monday. The students
said they were disappointed with the school's poor facilities.

"We pay Rp 30,000 a month for our school fees. The school
should have provided better facilities, like new computers and
tills," one student said Thursday.

Chairman of the board Marsudi Kindar said the dispute between
the board and the teachers should not involve the students with
whom he had agreed to dialog on Thursday to end the boycott.

The board has, however, stuck to its decision to discharge
Effendi on the grounds that he violated the school's regulation
prohibiting him from accepting a position of deputy headmaster in
another school. (04)