Cirebon bans schools from imposing fees

Cirebon bans schools from imposing fees

CIREBON, West Java: The Cirebon regency government will take
stern measures against school authorities that still impose
school fees on elementary school students in the regency, a top
official with the Cirebon administration said on Thursday.

Cirebon Regent Dedi Supardi said that his government had
subsidized the school fees for all state elementary schools in
the regency for the fiscal year 2004-2005, therefore schools were
not allowed to charge students. The policy affects some 260,000
elementary school students in the regency.

Delinquent school authorities will face sanctions including
dismissal, said Dedi. -- JP