Teachers report principal to council
JAKARTA: Four parents and 10 teachers from SMPN 270 junior high school in Kelapa Gading, North Jakarta, reported the school's principal to the City Council on Tuesday for allegedly charging students illegal fees.
Spokesman for the delegation, Harateng Harahap, who is also the vice principal, said that the principal, Tarmudji, had asked first-year students to pay Rp 49,000 each, second-year students Rp 50,000 while those in the third year have to pay more than Rp 60,000 each, BeritaJakarta.com reported.
He also said that Tarmudji had asked third-year students to pay for the final tests and that new students were required to pay high admission fees. On the other hand, the quality of the teaching has declined.
The delegation urged the city administration to dismiss Tarmudji.
Harahap said that they had earlier complained to the local education office and the North Jakarta mayoralty, but had received no response.
The deputy chairman of the council's Commission E on social welfare, Ishak Iskandar, promised to send a letter to the Kelapa Gading education office to offer mediation in the settlement of the case. He told the teachers and parents to settle the problem ;JP;DMR; ANPAj..r.. Focus-Police-raid-firecracker Police turn attention to firecrackers JP/8/GREATER1
Police turn attention to firecrackers
JAKARTA: Police will raid places dealing in firecrackers, sharp weapons, firearms and explosives in Jakarta ahead of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadhan, said a senior police officer on Tuesday.
"The raids aim at upholding security in Jakarta ahead of Ramadhan, which starts early next month," said city police spokesman Sr. Comr. Anton Bachrul Alam.
Anton said that the police would detain anyone found distributing, selling or storing firecrackers.
"We won't postpone detaining those charged with possessing firecrackers, just like in drug abuse cases," said Anton.
Anton also said that the police would punish any officer found backing the distribution or trade of firecrackers, firearms, explosives and sharp weapons.--JP
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Expo, film on Nehru and Sukarno
JAKARTA: A three-day historical exhibition and film about former Indian prime minister Nehru and former president Sukarno will open on Saturday at the National Archives Building on Jl. Gajah Mada 111, West Jakarta.
The exhibition of over 60 photographs, personal letters and newspaper articles from 1947 to 1950 show how the two nations supported each other during their struggles for independence. They record the visits of Sukarno to India, when India achieved independence, and Nehru to Indonesia, and also how the two leaders sought to build the Nonaligned Movement through the Asia Africa Conference in Bandung in 1955.
The pictures of Asia's most important historical figures, including former vice president Mohammad Hatta former Indian prime ministers Mahatma Gandhi and Indira Gandhi, will be presented in the exhibition.
There will also be a short documentary film.--JP
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Bali tragedy affects Safari park
JAKARTA: The Bali bombings have delayed the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the Everland Zoo in South Korea and the Indonesian Safari Park in Bogor, West Java, which was scheduled to take place on Tuesday.
"The Everland Zoo requested the delay considering the Bali bomb attacks," Yulius H. Suprihardo, safari park spokesman, said.
The park planned to cooperate with its South Korean counterpart in the conservation of wildlife, exchange of technology and development of culture and tourism.
It would be based on the Zoo Future program organized by the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums. --JP
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