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View all search resultsSeveral options considered by the Higher Education, Science and Technology Ministry for Indonesian students in the United States are changing their scholarships’ terms and looking for possibilities to move the students to universities in Indonesia or other countries.
The allowance came after lecturers throughout the country staged demonstrations against years of unpaid incentives, prompting President Prabowo Subianto to issue a regulation on March 27 mandating the provision of monthly performance-based bonuses, which is retroactive to January this year.
While a regulation on performance bonuses has been signed, the Higher Education, Science and Technology Ministry says that the government may need longer time to disburse the money to lecturers with civil servant status across the country.
New Higher Education, Science and Technology Minister Brian Yuliarto urges university rectors and officials in the higher education sector to clearly communicate the policy of no rise in single tuition fees (UKT) for state universities to students and other related parties.
The government's idea to grant mining concessions to tertiary institutions has met with a mixed response, with some universities saying it could have a mutually beneficial outcome for both sectors and at least one professor alleging it is a subversive move to silence critics of the mining industry.
The higher education ministry has proposed excluding the government's university financial aid program from the sweeping budget efficiency measure to raise additional funds for the President's priority programs, and even plans to increase the KIP quota by another 200,000 students.
The education minister has recently announced a decision to review a new rule on incentive pay for lecturers issued by his predecessor, which was due to come into force in January, leading some universities to question the government's commitment to improving their welfare.
The Higher Education, Science and Technology Ministry is reevaluating a ministerial regulation signed by former education minister Nadiem Makarim on allowances for lecturers, while asking for extra funding from the Finance Ministry to allow them fully pay benefits to lecturers.
Second Deputy Higher Education, Science and Technology Minister Stella Christie has come in for public criticism after hosting a tip-sharing session on getting into foreign universities, a move seen by many as inappropriate given that she should be focused more on improving the quality of universities at home.
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