Students protest high absenteeism

Students protest high absenteeism

SALATIGA, Central Java: Hundreds of students of the economic
school of the Christian Satya Wacana University staged a protest
on Thursday against the management for allowing a high rate of
absenteeism among staff lecturers.

The students said that many of the lecturers who are notorious
for their failure to turn up for classes are known to be working
at other colleges.

The students urged the university management to take stern
action on the basis of university regulations against staff
lecturers who moonlight at the expense of teaching hours at Satya
Wacana.

The students said they had tried to raise the matter with the
dean of the economic school, but to no avail.

Arief Budiman, an outspoken lecturer at the university, said
that despite opposing the regulations of the university, it was
no secret that many staff lecturers are teaching at other
universities to supplement their incomes.

"This may happen because the university leadership has not
been strict in enforcing the ruling," Arief said.

The protesters and the university management agreed to meet on
Sept. 28 to resolve this and other problems at the university.
(har/rms)