533 Buildings Damaged Schools in West Sumatra

A total of 533 units of school buildings damaged by SR 7.6 tectonic earthquake that shook the West Sumatra, Wednesday (30 / 9).

Disaster Sarkorlak data in Padang West Sumatra, on Monday (4 / 10), mentions, of the 533 school buildings damaged, including 251 units of severely damaged and difficult to be used again.

Then, the damaged schools are achieving 192 units and 90 units of minor damage.

The school building most heavily damaged are in Padang Pariaman of 124 units, then Agam Regency (43), City Pariaman (34), West Pasaman (21) and Padang (7).

Although many of the damaged school buildings, educational activities have been started this Monday, but has not done fully.

Students who shattered school and can not be used to follow the teaching learning process at school tents erected BPP agency, Unicef.

School tents sent Unicef since Sunday and continue to be brought up to Wednesday (7 / 10), which diangut with two ships, said the head of the Secretariat for Disaster Sarkorlak West Sumatra, Ade Edwar.

School tents will be erected in the schools destroyed in the earthquake, or which could not be used for teaching and learning.

While the number of tents will be set up schools that reach hundreds of units and will be added to provide for temporary replacement of school buildings damaged, he added.

School tents were probably brought there from Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam previously used for the study while the children of tsunami victims in the area.