Students report disruption

Students report disruption

BOGOR: Some 50 students of the Pharmaceutical Institute
(STIFAR) lodged a complaint with the Bogor city council on
Tuesday over the disruption of activities at the school.

The students reported that the school had been closed by the
school management reportedly due to financial constraints since
Dec. 16.

The management failed to give the students clear reasons for
the temporary closure. It only said in a posted notice that
activities would resume on Feb. 3.

Dadang, a lecturer at the school who accompanied the students,
said school employees, including lecturers, refused to come to
work as the management had failed to pay their salaries.

In response to their complaint, head of Bogor City Council
Commission E Sony Sondiamon vowed to summon Darwin Jamal,
chairman of the Dynamics of the Indonesian Environment Foundation
(YDLHI), which manages the school, for clarification.

More than 60 students, mostly from outside Bogor, study at the
institute.--JP