Rain buffeted, Ceiling SDN 20 Kramat Jati Collapsing

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Due to the continuous rain pouring capital some time ago, the ceiling of the classroom at SDN 20 Kramat Jati, East Jakarta, collapsed. Fortunately, no casualties on the disaster. The ceiling damage was immediately repaired to support teaching and learning activities of the students.

Head of Basic Education Sub Kramat Jati Supriyadi said the accident occurred on Friday (01/18/2013) at around 03.00 am in the morning, while rain Capital region with high intensity. Conditions that cause a leak in the roof until the water soaked ceiling den.
"Plasterboard is made of gypsum in Grade 6 classrooms that collapsed. Collapsed Only one class. Judging wet conditions, that's what we thought to be the cause," said Supriyadi to Kompas.com, Monday (01/21/2013).
On the day when the ceiling collapsed, area school yard and the street in front of the school flooded as high as 30 cm to 40 cm. However, the flood inundated the room did not join the local school because it has a higher elevation than the street.
Over the state, as many as 97 students at SDN 20 schools were closed until access can be passed. Therefore, Supriyadi also clarified that the elimination of teaching and learning activities the students to school not because of the collapse of the ceiling in the room studying an area of ​​7x8 meters, but cut off access to schools that can not be skipped.
"After a night scene, the morning we immediately coordinate with the Tribes East Jakarta Basic Education Agency and Education Infrastructure, while it also improved," he explained.
Supriyadi explained, SDN 20 Kramat Jati actually been rehabilitated since mid-October 2012 that was completed in December 2012. The collapse of the ceiling of a classroom in the school was not charged by the Basic Education Sub-Department of East Jakarta, but by the rehabilitation contractor.
"Because right now the inclusion of the maintenance period, so we have instructed the contractor to fix it immediately," he said.
Now, the repair has been completed to ceiling contractor. Study rooms are also used by students to make teaching and learning activities of the students on the first day of school after being hit by floods a few days earlier.
Sources: http://megapolitan.kompas.com/read/2013/01/21/1441023/