Dispensation for Acehnese students

Dispensation for Acehnese students

YOGYAKARTA: New student candidates from Nanggroe Aceh
Darussalam province will receive a special dispensation in the
upcoming 2003/2004 academic year, the Gadjah Mada University
(UGM) rector, Sofian Effendi, said on Monday.

"We'll give them a longer period to register themselves as
they might suffer from both transportation and financial
difficulties due to the war," he explained.

Sofian said that new student candidates would be given from
June 9 to June 16 to register themselves, but those coming from
restive provinces would be allowed to register before the
academic year begins in early September.

"Students from Aceh also have the right to apply for
scholarships through the UGM Peduli program," he said.

Out of the 76,000 students who applied for UGM, only 4,696 of
them passed the entrance selection requirements. These
requirements applied to the five different selection schemes
accepted by the university, including the UGM's own entrance
test, which was held on April 22 and April 23. Some 1,500 other
candidates will be admitted through the national entrance test to
be held next month. UGM plans to accept some 6,000 new students
this academic year. -- JP