IPB students escape paying tuition

IPB students escape paying tuition

BOGOR: At least 1,134 of some 19,500 non-degree and
undergraduate students enrolled at the Bogor Institute of
Agriculture (IPB) have not paid their tuition for the 2002-2003
academic year.

The deputy rector of the institute, Herry Suhardiyanto, said
on Thursday that the students would be suspended for not paying
their tuition. The total amount of unpaid tuition is Rp 850
million.

Of IPB's 12,727 undergraduate students, 1,134 have not paid
their tuition, while a further 2,332 students of the 6,750
enrolled in its non-degree programs have also not paid.

The institute's financial target for last academic year was Rp
15.8 billion, while this year's target is Rp 16.2 billion.

Herry said that many students had failed to pay their tuition
because of economic hardship or a lack of discipline. --JP