Education fund used to publish books on President’s profile
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Tue, 01/25/2011 2:24 PM
The National
Education Ministry says it will investigate an alleged publication of books
about President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono using funding intended for education.
One of the
minister’s expert staff, Sukemi, said Tuesday she knew nothing about the books,
which had been widely circulated in high schools in Slawi, Tegal regency.
Sukemi promised
to check the matter with relevant parties, tempointeraktif.com
reported.
The
publication of the books using the Special Allocation Fund was a central
government policy, Tegal Basic Education, Youth and Sports Agency chief Waudin,
said Monday.
The books
were published by PT Media Tama in Surakarta using funding allocated for 87
junior high schools in Tegal. The fund for each school amounted to Rp 45.5
million.
“[All of
the books] were distributed since December,” he said.
If the
books were useless, they could be withdrawn from the schools, he added.
