Students receive scholarships

Students receive scholarships

PADANG, West Sumatra: A total of 763 students of Andalas University received this year scholarships from various foundations and bodies, Antara reported.

"Most of them are high achievers who come from poor families," said Alfian Saman of the university yesterday. The students had to go through a tight selection procedure before they were awarded the assistance.

He said every recipient of the scholarships and other forms of assistance will be required to make reports about how they use the money.

Andalas University now has 14,000 students enrolled in its nine schools. Some of the scholarship donor agencies are the Supersemar Foundation, the Ministry of Education and Culture, the companies Bimantara, Toyota Astra and Darma Kalbe. (swe)