Trisakti read the riot act

Trisakti read the riot act

JAKARTA: Parties in disagreement over the leadership at Trisakti
University were warned on Monday to immediately resolve their
differences or risk the government taking over the management.

The head of the secondary and higher education agency, Sukesti
Martono, said the warning came from the central government
through the Directorate General for University Affairs in
responding to the internal dispute at the university.

"I was informed by the director general for university affairs
at the education ministry (Satryo Sumantri Brodjonegoro) that the
government would take over the university if the dispute could
not be resolved," Sukesti said on Monday.

Disagreement over the university's leadership first broke out
between the university's foundation and its rectorate mid last
year.

The dispute came to a head when both the rectorate and the
foundation placed separate advertisements stating differing
versions of the requirements for student applicants.

Sukesti expressed hope that the dispute would be settled
before student enrollment opens in June.

"If they cannot resolve their differences, it will cause
problems for the university," he told said after a hearing with
City Council Commission E for people's welfare. --JP