Writing Contest for Teachers

JAKARTA (JP): The Book Center Office of the Ministry of Education and Culture is holding the 6th writing contest for teachers of elementary, junior and senior high schools, using the environmental issue as the theme.

The contest is held to explore teacher's potential in writing, to provide script bank with back up writings, and to provide elementary and middle education with environment books.

The first prize of for national level is Rp 2 million (US$935), while provincial level offer Rp 1,5 million ($702). The script must be received before Aug. 5 by the organizing committee.

Meanwhile the head of the Book Center Office Taya Paembonan also announced that private publishers could publish researches financed by the Ministry of Education and Culture.

"This step is taken to publicize research reports and to give a chance to the people to know the result of the research," said Taya at a press conference yesterday. (01)