Teachers take exams for govt allowances

Teachers take exams for govt allowances

JAKARTA: More than 10,000 teachers from private schools
sat tests on Monday in an attempt to qualify for government
allowances at the Bung Karno Stadium in Senayan, Central Jakarta.

The teachers came from all levels of education, including
vocational institutions and schools for the handicapped.

Head of the city education standardization body, Zainal
Arifin, told detik.com only 2,020 teachers would qualify to
receive the monthly government allowance of Rp 460,000
(US$50.55).

Teachers who qualified would get a three-year contract and
yearly performance evaluations, he said. -- JP