REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAYAPURA -- The central government has committed to increase the number of teachers from elementary to high school level and also in vocational schools in Papua, noted Indonesia's Minister of Education and Culture, Mohammad Nuh.

"It has become a commitment of the central and local government to add and meet the needs of school teachers," Mohammad Nuh stated in Jayapura on Tuesday.

Minister Nuh visited Papua to launch the implementation of Curriculum 2013 and to also dole out the hand book for elementary, junior high, senior high, and vocational schools in the province.

According to Head of Papua Education and Culture Department Elias Wonda, the lack of teachers had hindered the implementation of Curriculum 2013.