I read on this site about the news that the middle of 2009, the Batam local government shall free the operational cost for Elementary School and Junior High School as a realization of nationwide program of 9 years education. This is mentioned by Muslim Bidin, Batam’s Government Education Section Chief. He also mentioned that his department is now awaiting the official guide of implementation. Once he received it, the policy shall be implemented as soon.

Even so, this policy shall not affect all the public school in Batam. The public school that is already reach a good level of education such as Sekolah Sekolah Berstandar Internasional (SBI) and Sekolah Standar Nasional (SSN), still need to pay for operational cost. This to maintain the good level of education on the school.

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