Missing Ugandan back to school

YOGYAKARTA: A Ugandan student who went missing for over a month from Gadjah Mada University is now back at the campus to resume his studies.

Kasozi Ismael Lubega, a postgraduate student on a scholarship under the South-South cooperation program, had been absent since Aug. 6, the Antara news agency reported.

Lubega was spotted by a staff member of the Ministry of Education and Culture in Jakarta early this week. The ministry official, who met with Lubega last year, recognized the Ugandan and persuaded him to return to Yogyakarta to resume his studies.

Lubega, according to Gadjah Mada rector's assistant Sofyan Efendi, apparently found the pressure of study too much, especially given his lack of knowledge of the Indonesian language. So he decided to spend some time in Jakarta.

He was reported missing because he took off for Jakarta without notifying university authorities. (emb)