Finding a better solution

Finding a better solution

The government-run Public Administration Institute (STPDN) in
Sumedang district in Indonesia's West Java province, has been
widely criticized following the controversial death of student,
Wahyu Hidayat, last Sept. 2 after he was allegedly beaten by
seniors at the institute.

Besides Wahyu, the institute has a dark history of the
controversial deaths of Eri Rakhman in 2000 and Aliyan bin Jerani
in 1993.

Many people have condemned the institute for its military
style of education. Critics have thus asked the government to
close it.

This daily has suggested that leaders and lecturers of the
institute should be held responsible for the death of the
students as it is impossible for them not to know about the
crimes.

Closing the institute would not be the right decision as the
school was set up not to kill people but to create leaders.

It would thus be better to replace the institute's educational
system and fire instructors.

The death of Wahyu Hidayat should be the last such case in
STPDN.

-- Media Indonesia, Jakarta