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