Students protest dormitory fee

Sat, 30 Mar 2002, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

BOGOR: The Student Executive Board (BEM) of the Bogor
Agriculture Institute (IPB) has lodged a formal protest with the
rectorate's plan to charge a monthly dormitory fee of Rp 125,000
for each of the 3,000 new students.

BEM chairman Atang Trismanto told The Jakarta Post that the
board urged the rectorate to reduce the fee, or at least provide
cross subsidies to the poor students. So far, each student pays
Rp 75,000 per month.

Saefudin, a student of the oceanography and fishery
department, said that, if the new fee is applied, it would make
dormitory life more costly than living in boarding houses, which
only charge between Rp 900,000 and Rp 1 million per year.

IPB spokesman Agus Lelana said that the fee for new students
is Rp 120,000 per month. He added that selected new students,
based on their best grades, are obligated to stay in the
dormitory. -- JP

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