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Greater Jakarta: 47 percent of schools in poor condition
Governor Basuki âAhokâ Tjahaja Purnama said on Tuesday he had told the cityâs education agency head to pay more attention to the physical condition of school buildings as he found that of more than 1,700 school buildings in the capital, 47 percent were in poor condition
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overnor Basuki 'Ahok' Tjahaja Purnama said on Tuesday he had told the city's education agency head to pay more attention to the physical condition of school buildings as he found that of more than 1,700 school buildings in the capital, 47 percent were in poor condition.
Ahok said immediate action was needed as low-standard school buildings posed a danger to students.
'It is really embarrassing, 47 percent of the schools are in bad shape. I have passed this data to the agency and I don't want to hear of any other unsafe school buildings,' he said as quoted by tribunnews.com.
He also urged school principals to pay more attention to student welfare, saying that there were several schools in the city that did not have access to clean water and attracted a lot of mosquitoes.
'The mosquito issue must be handled, don't let [children] enter a school with a lot of mosquitoes,' he continued.
