Yogya's UGM to offer scholarships to employees' children
Yogya's UGM to offer scholarships to employees' children
Sri Wahyuni, Yogyakarta
The expensive Gadjah Mada University (UGM), criticized before for
being a university of the rich, is to offer scholarships worth Rp
3.3 billion (US$366,666) to children of its lecturers and other
staff.
UGM vice rector for administrative affairs Marwan Asri said on
Tuesday that starting this academic year, some 750 new and
current students from the families of university employees would
receive either full or partial scholarships.
"The decision was made as a way of expressing gratitude to all
the employees and lecturers for their dedication to the
university. Hopefully, it will be of a great (financial) help
for them and an incentive to increase their performance at work,"
he said.
Marwan, accompanied by deputy rector for student and alumni
affairs Zaenal Bahruddin and other UGM executives, said the
decision would not reduce the chances of other students getting
similar scholarships from the university.
The money paying for the scholarships would be taken from
funds raised by the university's business sector and grants from
community members, he said.
The total funds needed for the scheme would amount to about Rp
3.3 billion, Rp 1.5 billion of which would be allotted for new
students.
"But this is not an automatic scholarship to all students from
UGM families," said Marwan. He stressed selections would be based
on both the employees' performance and their children's academic
achievement.
This year, UGM is charging an admission fee of Rp 5 million to
Rp 20 million per student and an tuition fee of Rp 500,000 per
semester.
UGM has also invited students from poor families to apply for
either full or partial scholarships to study in the Yogyakarta-
based university.
This year, the university plans to provide scholarships for
some 5,000 of its 30,000 undergraduate students.
In a bid to provide its students with faster academic
services, UGM will introduce an on-line registration system for
newly accepted students in the 2004-2005 academic year.
Under the new system, new students would only have to spend
between 15 and 20 minutes at the longest to register themselves
at the university.
"Previously, a student took about two days to accomplish the
registration process," director of academic affairs Budi Prasetyo
said on Tuesday.
He said some 40 computer-terminals would be provided on campus
during the registration period for students to enter their data.
Once the data was verified, students would be officially
registered and given a "GamaCard", an electronic student services
card.
Staff would also be present to assist less computer-literate
students, Budi said.
"In the next academic year, in cooperation with Bank Mandiri,
we plan to make the registration process accessible across the
country. Prospective students will not need to come to the campus
and fill in biodata forms, they'll be able to register through
the Internet instead. They'll have to come here only for their
final verification," he said.
Sri Wahyuni, Yogyakarta
The expensive Gadjah Mada University (UGM), criticized before for
being a university of the rich, is to offer scholarships worth Rp
3.3 billion (US$366,666) to children of its lecturers and other
staff.
UGM vice rector for administrative affairs Marwan Asri said on
Tuesday that starting this academic year, some 750 new and
current students from the families of university employees would
receive either full or partial scholarships.
"The decision was made as a way of expressing gratitude to all
the employees and lecturers for their dedication to the
university. Hopefully, it will be of a great (financial) help
for them and an incentive to increase their performance at work,"
he said.
Marwan, accompanied by deputy rector for student and alumni
affairs Zaenal Bahruddin and other UGM executives, said the
decision would not reduce the chances of other students getting
similar scholarships from the university.
The money paying for the scholarships would be taken from
funds raised by the university's business sector and grants from
community members, he said.
The total funds needed for the scheme would amount to about Rp
3.3 billion, Rp 1.5 billion of which would be allotted for new
students.
"But this is not an automatic scholarship to all students from
UGM families," said Marwan. He stressed selections would be based
on both the employees' performance and their children's academic
achievement.
This year, UGM is charging an admission fee of Rp 5 million to
Rp 20 million per student and an tuition fee of Rp 500,000 per
semester.
UGM has also invited students from poor families to apply for
either full or partial scholarships to study in the Yogyakarta-
based university.
This year, the university plans to provide scholarships for
some 5,000 of its 30,000 undergraduate students.
In a bid to provide its students with faster academic
services, UGM will introduce an on-line registration system for
newly accepted students in the 2004-2005 academic year.
Under the new system, new students would only have to spend
between 15 and 20 minutes at the longest to register themselves
at the university.
"Previously, a student took about two days to accomplish the
registration process," director of academic affairs Budi Prasetyo
said on Tuesday.
He said some 40 computer-terminals would be provided on campus
during the registration period for students to enter their data.
Once the data was verified, students would be officially
registered and given a "GamaCard", an electronic student services
card.
Staff would also be present to assist less computer-literate
students, Budi said.
"In the next academic year, in cooperation with Bank Mandiri,
we plan to make the registration process accessible across the
country. Prospective students will not need to come to the campus
and fill in biodata forms, they'll be able to register through
the Internet instead. They'll have to come here only for their
final verification," he said.