STPDN system needs change

STPDN system needs change

From Warta Kota

The news of the death of Wahyu Hidayat, a Public
Administration Institute (STPDN) student in Jakarta, has touched
me deeply. Moreover, with limited sources of income, his parents
expected him to support the family later.

Meanwhile, three senior students causing his death have been
ordered to leave the college and more than a dozen others
subjected to administrative measures.

Upon further reflection, my conclusion is that the students
are not to blame but the system applied by STPDN is at fault. How
could its students change in their attitudes in one to two years
and torture their junior to death? The STPDN system must be
physically and mentally oppressive, which make them lose their
consciences.

In my view, though the perpetrators must be punished for
killing a junior, the main culprits are the system and leadership
of STPDN. Its curriculum must be changed and its leadership and
teaching staff replaced, while giving up its military discipline.

S. WALUYO
Jakarta