Bekasi Education Budget 38 Percent Next Year

The education sector in the city of Bekasi, West Java, the main priority of the local government with budget funds dialokasikannya which reaches 38 percent of the total budget in 2010.
There was a significant increase for education funding in 2010 from the previous 36.7 percent of the total budget of Rp270 billion in 2009, said Head of Bekasi City Education Department, Kodrato, in Bekasi.

Increased cost of education was mainly due to the new expenditure items, the stimulant fund for every high school student in Bekasi City Rp100 thousand per student per month for public high school and 200 thousand per month to request an international high school. For the construction of new classrooms, teaching and learning support equipment, laboratories, information technology, expanding the scope of compulsory education, and activities esktra and intrasekolah will continue to be implemented and enhanced.

Mention of compulsory education of nine years in the City of Bekasi, Kodrato states have done well. This proved, he continued, it was difficult to find children who did not received his primary and secondary education. Of the many street children roaming the streets, he said, children were also guided the Social Service and others are included in the center of learning and teaching (PKBM), packages A, B, C, and to contribute to the learning studio (LCS) until they I still get the education.

Chairman Bekasi City Education Foundation, Haris Budiman, states, large education budget should be reflected in the improvement of the quality of the students in the city of Bekasi, especially academic achievement. Substantial funds should be able to motivate school administrators and officials Disdik to really try to keep their students have adequate academic qualifications so they can compete in the higher education level.