Jakarta Post: Protests mar passage of education entity bill
Thu, 12/18/2008 7:38 AM
EDUCATION FOR SALE: Students from various universities stage a boisterous rally outside the House of Representatives in Jakarta on Wednesday in protest at an education bill that will turn universities into legal business entities. Despite the protests, the House passed the bill later in the day. (JP/Arief Suhardiman)EDUCATION FOR SALE: Students from various universities stage a boisterous rally outside the House of Representatives in Jakarta on Wednesday in protest at an education bill that will turn universities into legal business entities. Despite the protests, the House passed the bill later in the day. (JP/Arief Suhardiman)
Critics and education experts are up in arms after the House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a bill on educational legal entities, which detractors say will lead to the commercialization of education in the country.
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