1,000 students quit school

1,000 students quit school

SEMARANG: At least 1,000 students have dropped out of
universities in the past couple of years mostly due to economic
crisis, students affairs director of the ministry of education
Sudarmaji said on Friday.

"Most of them are unable to pay the tuition fees. Actually
some of them have been awarded scholarships, but not enough."

He said the scholarship budget for the current fiscal year
reached Rp 104.24 billion, distributed to a total of 135,730
students nationwide.

"In exchange for the scholarships, the students work part time
in libraries, laboratories or research agencies," he said.

In the upcoming fiscal year beginning on April 1, the
scholarship fund will allocate Rp 77 billion for some 137,000
needy students, Rp 25.8 of it is allotted for top-ranked
students. (har/edt)