Jakarta to construct 30 ‘smart parks’ at schools

The Jakarta Post  |  Fri, 02/27/2009 9:20 PM  

As part of efforts to boost reading habits among the young, the city administration and the National Youth Group (KTN) plans to build 30 reading parks at schools across the city. 

KTN chairman Dody Susanto said the parks, called Taman Pintar or Smart Park, were meant to give students a place to read. 

“One of the reasons for low interest in reading is the formal situation in the classroom. These parks will offer a new experience for students to read outdoors,” Dody said on the sidelines of a ceremony to officiate the first park at state high school SMA 78 in Kemanggisan, West Jakarta, on Friday. 

West Jakarta education office head Abdul Hamid said as quoted by beritajakarta.com that his office had prepared six schools for a Smart Park.