Jakarta – At least 1,000 teachers have been reported missing in Aceh and over 50 percent of school buildings devastated by last week's tsunamis, an official said on Wednesday.

"Provisional data shows that about 1,000 teachers are missing and approximately 140,000 elementary school students and 20,000 junior high school students have been left with nowhere to study," Director General of Elementary and Secondary Education at the Ministry of National Education Indra Jati Sidi said.

Indra said that by January 20, emergency education facilities would be ready.

He explained that, based on initial data, 914 elementary school buildings, 155 junior high school buildings, 67 senior school buildings and 15 vocational schools were devastated by the tsunamis.

Due to the lack of facilities, the government has erected 2,000 tents and deployed 1,000 teachers from North Sumatra and nearby areas to support the emergency learning activities, he said.

"The emergency schools will be set up in 95 locations near the refugee camps," he added.