WB provides Rp 3.3b for East Lombok

WB provides Rp 3.3b for East Lombok

MATARAM, West Nusa Tenggara: The World Bank has provided about Rp 3.3 billion in aid in 2003 to construct three junior high schools in East Lombok regency, West Nusa Tenggara.

The head of the regency's education office, Sanusi, said in Selong, East Lombok, on Thursday the new schools were being built in the districts of Peringgasela, Jerowaru and Terara.

Construction is scheduled to be completed the end of this year, he said.

The schools have already begun enrolling students, eager to book a place in a regency that has very few junior high schools to accommodate the rising number of elementary school graduates.

"At present, there are only 47 secondary schools in East Lombok, and half of their students have to attend classes in the afternoon," Sanusi said.

He also said 90 percent of all secondary school students in the regency passed their final exams. --Antara