Scholarship cut

Scholarship cut

From Kompas

My child, who is a student of the junior high school in Wamena, Jayawijaya district, won a scholarship worth Rp 25,000 a month for the 1994/1995 academic year. The amount of the scholarship was to be paid for the whole year in the form of Simpeda (regional development savings) and was deposited in the Regional Development Bank.

To our surprise, my child only had Rp 200,000 in his savings account instead of Rp 300,000 for 12 months. According to the school principal, an amount of Rp 100,000 was deducted from each student as an administration fee. In this particular academic year, 56 students were entitled to receive scholarships. This means that Rp 5,600,000 was collected in administration fees. This is too much.

We deplore the school's policy.

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