Kantor Statistik Timor Timur 1992. Poor School Resources and buildings School classrooms in Timor have the bare minimum - benches, tables and a blackboard. Usually there is no power. Often two children share one chair or many children crowd on to one bench. There are almost no teaching or learning resources of any kind, eg teaching aids, resource books, charts, pictures, libraries, photocopiers.
Children almst solely upon the teacher.
There is no learning environment in the schools. The atmosphere resembles a barrack-room. Teacher shortage and large class sizes. Only one Timorese secondary teacher. Timorese have trained as teachers, but do not take up positions.