Parents should report admission fees

Parents should report admission fees

JAKARTA: Commission E of the City Council overseeing education
and social affairs called on the public to file a report with the
commission if they find any state-run schools imposing admission
fees.

Commission secretary Audi I.Z. Tambunan said on Wednesday that
the commission had the right to take action against such schools.

"If there are state-run schools charging admission fees,
parents should report them to the commission," he said. "We will
recommend that the administration penalize those schools."

State-run schools in Jakarta do not charge admission fees.
Students need only pay monthly tuition fees and a development
donation, which is set by the school board, comprising parents
and students associations and teachers. -- JP