WB extends Rp 6b loan for libraries

WB extends Rp 6b loan for libraries

MATARAM, West Nusa Tenggara: The World Bank has provided a
loan worth Rp 6 billion (around US$659,000) to help West Nusa
Tenggara improve libraries in the three fiscal years between 2002
and 2005.

Head of the provincial library agency I Wayan Rateng told
Antara on Monday that the funds would be used by public and
Islamic elementary schools, and public libraries across the
province to buy new books.

Rateng said the agency had selected 10 schools and 10
libraries as recipients of the aid, with each school receiving Rp
5 million and a library obtaining Rp 6 million every semester.

"The funds will boost the quality of human resources,
particularly students, in the province," he said, adding that
only 7 percent of the province's 4 million population regularly
read books. -- Antara