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View all search resultsJIS ordered to close kindergarten
The Education and Culture Ministry through its non-formal and informal early childhood education (PAUDNI) directorate general has sent an official letter to the Jakarta International School (JIS), ordering the closure of the schoolâs kindergarten
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he Education and Culture Ministry through its non-formal and informal early childhood education (PAUDNI) directorate general has sent an official letter to the Jakarta International School (JIS), ordering the closure of the school's kindergarten.
'We have decided that JIS' kindergarten program must be closed. JIS has been proven to have no permit for running the program,' PAUDNI director-general Lydia Freyani Hawadi said on Monday as quoted by kompas.com.
Lydia said the closure was decided in a meeting attended by Education and Culture Minister Mohammad Nuh. The director-general said she had signed the closure letter based on recommendations from the minister.
'As PAUDNI director-general, I have signed the closure letter based on the minister's recommendations because a license issuance is based on my permission,' Lydia said.
She said the kindergarten would be closed at the end of the academic year.
'We have formed an investigation team to carry out education and forensic audits of JIS. If the team finds that it's proper for the kindergarten to operate again, then we will permit the school to open,' Lydia said.
She added that kindergarten students from the academic year of 2013-2014 were still allowed to go to school until the academic year ended.
'But the kindergarten is prohibited from receiving new students in the next academic year,' said Lydia. (idb/ebf)
