Teachers protest over belated payment

Teachers protest over belated payment

SAMARINDA, East Kalimantan: Some 80 part-time teachers in
Marangkayu district, Kutai Kartanegara regency, staged a protest
late on Thursday in front of the regental administration offices.

They were protesting as they say they have not been paid by
the local government for the last 16 months.

The 80 part-time teachers were representing some 160 part time
teachers in the regency. They are supposed to be paid Rp 600,000
per month.

Mansyur, a protest coordinator, said that the teachers had
recently visited the offices of the Marangkayu district chief to
press their demands. As their efforts were unsuccessful, they
decided to stage a protest at the offices of the Kutai
Kartanegara regent on Friday to step up the pressure against the
local government.

Kutai Kartanegara Education Office director Idrus S.Y said
that the local government was seeking a solution to the problem.
-- JP