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