Time waits for Irianese pupils

Time waits for Irianese pupils

JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya: Many students from the Inpres Yomber
public elementary school have wasted two years waiting for their
final exams that never materialized after their teachers "fled"
to Manokwari leaving the school building high and dry.

The teachers, recruited from other areas, moved to seek better
jobs because they reportedly could not stand the hard life in
isolated Yomber.

Antara said the school was abandoned four years ago and that
Manokwari regency officials were planning to check on it.

The chairman of the Manokwari education and culture office,
Simon Leksi, said the government would do its best to rebuild the
school and resume classes.

"If the school is left the way it is now, the disappointed
people may do something that causes unrest," he said. (pan)