Education and health sectors need improvement in C. Sulawesi: VP

Education and health sectors need improvement in C. Sulawesi: VP

Antara , Palu, South Sulawesi | Fri, 04/09/2010 1:03 PM | National


Low quality education and health-care in Central Sulawesi need improvement, Vice President Boediono said in a dialog with local government officials in Palu on Thursday night.

"The central and regional governments should work out a good cooperation to improve the two important sectors in the province," Boediono said.

Central Sulawesi Governor HB Paliudju said earlier that economic growth in his province reached 7.60 percent, or equal to the national average, but the vice president demanded that it be coupled with improvement in education and health quality.

Besides commenting on education and health in Central Sulawesi, the vice president also mentioned the low quality of clean water in the province and urged the related authorities to seek the best possible solution.

Governor Paliudju said the local government was still waiting for a further guidelines for the implementation of Presidential Instruction (Inpres) No.7/2008 on Central Sulawesi Development Acceleration.

"The Inpres is of great importance to improve development here," Paliudju said.

In his two-day working visit to Central Sulawesi, the vice president wanted to obtain first hand information about the latest situation in the province in relation to the implementation of Presidential Inpres No.7/2008.

The instruction was issued in August 2008 by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono following deteriorating condition in the province following communal conflicts.