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View all search resultsWest Java still lacks 22,000 classrooms
West Java remains short of about 22,000 classrooms to accommodate new senior high school students, according to the governor
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est Java remains short of about 22,000 classrooms to accommodate new senior high school students, according to the governor.
“If the whole student body is gathered, the maximum capacity is only 65 percent, while the remaining 35 percent cannot be accommodated due to the limited number of classrooms,” Ahmad Heryawan said after dedicating grant funds for new classrooms at Sasana Budaya Ganesha in Bandung on Wednesday.
He said the classroom shortage had made the province’s gross school participation rate 61 percent.
To raise the gross participation rate of senior high school students to a minimum 85 percent, Heryawan said his administration would need 27,000 new classrooms.
The administration has budgeted to build 9,000 new classrooms annually, 3,000 of which, according to
the governor, would be built under corporate social responsibilities (CSR) programs.
“However, the central government has allocated funds for only 2,000 new classrooms for all of the vocational schools across the country,” he added.
The administration has disbursed Rp 441.6 billion (about US$49.46 million) this year allocated to build 5,000 new classrooms for junior and senior high schools and their equivalent levels.
“Every school will receive funds to build two new classrooms. Each classroom will cost Rp 85 million to build,” Deny said.
West Java Development Planning Board head Deny Juanda Puradimaja said the average schooling period of those aged 15 and above in the province was eight years.
“Based on the United Nations’ index for a prosperous community, the schooling period should be 15 years on average,” he said.
Apart from funds disbursement to build new classrooms, the West Java provincial administration has also handed over Rp 405.6 billion for School Operational Assistance funds since June, including Rp 10 billion in special funds for 12,500 needy students.
West Java Education Office head Wahyudin Zarkasyi said the funds provided for new classrooms amounted to Rp 200 billion.
“The figure will still rise over the next two to three days,” said Wahyudin.
