Timika Needs More Teachers

Timika (Antara Bali) - The Tillemans Catholic Education and School Foundation in Timika,  Papua, said it still needs more teachers for assignment under contract in interior  and coastal areas of the regency of Mimika.

Foundation chairman  Paul Weti di Timika said since 2006, the  foundation has cooperated with the Amungme  and  Kamoro Community Development Institution (LPMAK) to finance the pays of 50 contract teachers  of 27 elementary schools  in Mimika.

"Additional  teachers are still needed although the number of teachers  in the list is  more than enough," Paul said here on Wednesday.

However, many of the teachers  especially those from state schools with the status of civil servants failed to meet  their contracts, he added.

The number of teachers attending  the schools everyday did not reflect the real  number of active teachers as assigned by the  Mimika district  education and culture office, he said.(IGT/T007)