500 poor students to be enrolled<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Some 500 junior high school graduates from
\ndisadvantaged families, who as of Monday had yet to be accepted
\nby any school due to their low grades, will soon be placed in a
\nnumber of public senior high schools to join their peers for the
\nnew academic year.<\/p>\n
The students, some 300 of whom had graduated from junior high
\nschools in East Jakarta with the rest being from South Jakarta,
\nall received grades below the minimum requirements.<\/p>\n
But enrolling in a private school was not an option either as
\ntheir parents could not afford to pay the high fees.<\/p>\n
The head of the Jakarta office of the Ministry of National
\nEducation Alwi Nurdin said on Monday that his office, along with
\nmayoralty education offices, had agreed to place the students in
\na number of public senior high schools.<\/p>\n
"The schools are located in the same mayoralties as their
\nformer junior high schools," he told The Jakarta Post over the
\nphone on Monday.<\/p>\n
The placements, however, would still be based on the schools'
\nminimum grade requirements.<\/p>\n
"A student's grade will have to be close to the school's
\npassing grades," he added.<\/p>\n
As a consequence of the additional enrollments, he said, the
\nschools involved would have to increase their capacities.<\/p>\n
"There will be more students in a classroom," Alwi said.<\/p>\n
The capital has 115 state-run senior high schools with various
\ngrade requirements.<\/p>\n
Last year, the minimum grade to enter high school was 29 out
\nof six subjects, or an average of 4.8 (out of a total score of
\n10) in every subject.<\/p>\n
Studying in public schools is apparently the only choice for
\nthe students and their parents as enrollment fees and monthly
\ntuition fees are lower than in private schools.<\/p>\n
The enrollment fee for private high schools is around Rp 3
\nmillion (US$272.7) and the monthly tuition fee is around Rp
\n150,000. On top of that, they also charge a registration fee to
\nconfirm a student's enrollment.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the enrollment fee for a public high school is
\naround Rp 1.6 million with the monthly tuition fee being less
\nthan Rp 50,000. Unlike private schools, they are not allowed to
\ncharge additional fees. (hdn)<\/p>",
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