UI to continue admission program<\/p>\n
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
Despite opposition from the House of Representatives (DPR), the
\nUniversity of Indonesia (UI) decided on Monday to pursue its
\nspecial admission program, auctioning off a percentage of its
\nseats to the highest bidders.<\/p>\n
The university, however, gave its assurance that the number of
\nstudents accepted through the special program would not exceed 20
\npercent of the total students it planned to admit in the 2003\/04
\nacademic year.<\/p>\n
The decision was taken after university leaders held a meeting
\nwith other stakeholders to decide whether or not to continue with
\nthe program.<\/p>\n
It also came just one day before the two-day entrance tests
\nfor 48 state universities across the country.<\/p>\n
Hundreds of thousands of students are expected to participate
\nin the tests to contest 82,969 seats in the 48 state universities
\ninvolving 1,583 study programs.<\/p>\n
Last year, there were only 80,000 seats available spread in 46
\nstate universities with a ratio application accepted of about
\n1:6.<\/p>\n
UI said in a statement on Monday that 20 percent of its seats
\nwould be auctioned for between Rp 25 million (US$3,000) and Rp 75
\nmillion each, depending on the study program. Students entering
\nthe university through the special program would have to pay a
\ntuition fee of Rp 7.5 million per semester.<\/p>\n
And to maintain the quality of its program, the university
\nalso requires students entering through the special program to
\nhave achieved an average grade of at least seven in the final
\nyear of senior high school.<\/p>\n
Study programs included in the special admission program
\ninclude dentistry, mathematics, natural science, computer
\nscience, law, cultural studies, psychology and social and
\npolitical science.<\/p>\n
UI, one of the four state universities allowed to manage their
\nown funds, pledged to reevaluate study programs included in the
\nspecial admission scheme as required by the House.<\/p>\n
The Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB), the Yogyakarta-
\nbased Gadjah Mada University (UGM), and the Bogor Institute of
\nAgriculture (IPB) have also been given the authority to manage
\ntheir funds.<\/p>",
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