Students raise funds for teachers

Students raise funds for teachers

SALATIGA, Central Java: Students are raising funds to support their teachers who were sacked for demanding that the rector step down and that outspoken teacher Arief Budiman be reinstated.

Following the dismissal of several lecturers, the latest being the dean of the School of Biology Dr. Bintoro Gunadi, a number of lecturers and employees have also gone on strike to protest their dismissals.

The students are now trying to compensate their teachers for their losses in salary.

The lecturers recently launched a "moratorium" in a campaign to force Rector John JOI Ihalaw to resign, and to have several lecturers recently sacked by administrator reinstalled.

Several students interviewed by The Jakarta Post Wednesday said they were more than willing to raise funds out of sympathy for their professors.

They also felt that the crisis of leadership in the university has dragged on too long and harmed the learning process there. (har/swe)