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        "id": 1369304,
        "msgid": "cilacap-begins-free-school-medical-program-1447893297",
        "date": "2003-07-29 00:00:00",
        "title": "Cilacap begins free school-medical program",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Cilacap begins free school-medical program Agus Maryono, The Jakarta Post, Cilacap, Central Java Entering the 2003\/2004 academic year, the Cilacap regency administration has introduced a free education and medical program for students of state junior and senior high schools to make middle-level education a success in the regency.",
        "content": "<p>Cilacap begins free school-medical program<\/p>\n<p>Agus Maryono, The Jakarta Post, Cilacap, Central Java<\/p>\n<p>Entering the 2003\/2004 academic year, the Cilacap regency<br>\nadministration has introduced a free education and medical<br>\nprogram for students of state junior and senior high schools to<br>\nmake middle-level education a success in the regency.<\/p>\n<p>Cilacap Regent Probo Yulastoro said in his office here on<br>\nSaturday that according to the program, annual school fees and<br>\nmedical costs at public health centers would be waived for all<br>\nstudents of junior and senior high schools, but initially it<br>\nwould only apply for students at 16 state junior and senior high<br>\nschools.<\/p>\n<p>\"The program will be fully implemented in all state schools in<br>\nthe regency by 2006. After that, we will seek ways to implement a<br>\nsimilar program at private schools,\" he said.<\/p>\n<p>Cilacap has 58 state junior high schools and 71 senior high<br>\nschools. There are 109 private junior high schools and 60 private<br>\nsenior high schools.<\/p>\n<p>Probo said the program was aimed at helping low-income<br>\nfamilies and encouraging children to remain in school at least<br>\nuntil senior high school.<\/p>\n<p>\"The government is also concerned about the difficult economic<br>\nsituation that has affected many low-income families because<br>\nbesides paying school fees, parents have to buy uniforms, books,<br>\nshoes and other material for their children,\" he said.<\/p>\n<p>Chairman of the regency legislative council Frans Lukman said<br>\nthe free medical and education program would be financed by the<br>\ninterest on the regency administration's trust fund worth Rp 60<br>\nbillion (US$7.3 million) that has been deposited in a bank in the<br>\nregency.<\/p>\n<p>The money in the trust fund was raised from the regency's<br>\nannual budget. Over the next three years, the amount is expected<br>\nto reach Rp 80 billion.<\/p>\n<p>\"With the funds, the local administration will cover all<br>\neducation fees of students in state junior and senior high<br>\nschools and the students' medical fees at public health centers<br>\nin the regency,\" said Lukman.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/cilacap-begins-free-school-medical-program-1447893297",
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