Cianjur Regency Government Targets Building A Damaged School Mobilized By A 3 Months Earthquake

Dozens of students of SDN Citamiang in Ciputri Village, Pacet District, Cianjur, West Java, underwent the teaching and learning process on the first day in a tent. (ANTARA)

CIANJUR - The Cianjur Regency Government, West Java, is targeting the construction of schools damaged by the earthquake to be completed in the next three months. So that it can be used again for the teaching and learning process normally. The Regent of Cianjur, Herman Suherman, said that his party had coordinated with the Ministry of PUPR to immediately repair and build schools that were heavily damaged or collapsed so that they could be reused. "We ask for prayers, of the 704 damaged school buildings that are under construction, they can be completed in the next three months. So that students can study in class properly," he said in Cianjur, Antara, Monday, January 9. Untuk pembangunan kembali ruang kelas di masing-masing sekolah yang ambruk akibat gempa magnitudo 5,6 yang mengguncang Cianjur langsung ditangani Kementerian PUPR, sehingga dipastikan dalam target waktu tersebut dapat selesai. While the first day of school after the earthquake, most of the students in the area were severely affected, such as Ciputri Village, Pacet District, most elementary and junior high schools in Cugenang District and schools in Nagrak Village, underwent the teaching and learning process in tents. Although there are several classrooms that are still suitable for use, the school chooses to set up tents so that children can calmly and safely study on the first day of school after a holiday for more than a month. A teacher at SDN Citamiang, Neuis Hendrayati, said that of the eight classrooms owned by the school where he taught, most of them were heavily damaged, but there were several rooms that could still be used, but the school chose a safe tent.