Private university awards scholarships

Private university awards scholarships

JAKARTA (JP): A private university in Central Jakarta awarded
scholarships totaling Rp 495.6 million (US$203,950) to 413
students yesterday.

The University of Tarumanegara presented the scholarships to
students with high grades who struggled to pay for tuition.

The students received Rp 600,000 discounts on their tuitions
each semester.

Two hundred and five recipients were from the faculties of
economics and 125 were from engineering.

Tarumanegara's standard per semester fees are Rp 920,000 for
the Faculty of Economics and Rp 1,125,000 for the Faculty of
Engineering.

Students who excelled in sport and culture were among those
receiving the scholarships.

"Among them are also students from some regions which have
forged cooperation with us," the university rector's A.K. Dahono
said at a ceremony for National Education Day.

Established in 1959, the university had graduated 18,872
students who had mostly found jobs, he said.

"Many of them have become entrepreneurs, some have continued
their parents' businesses," Dali Santun Naga, the rector's deputy
for academic affairs, said. (03)