Teachers need help

Teachers need help

SEMARANG: Regency and mayoralty administrations have a moral obligation to improve the social welfare of teachers, especially those employed in private schools in remote areas, says an education observer in Central Java.

Rasdi Ekosiswoyo asserted that regency and mayoralty administrations should make it a priority to change the appalling working conditions for most teachers employed in remote areas across the country.

"It also follows that the government should provide subsidies for private schools who are running short of funds to pay their teachers," he said here on Friday.

He said many private and public schools were unable to improve their teachers' living and work conditions because most school administrations do not allocate enough money for teacher salaries and benefits in most areas. --Antara