A regulation in fire
The Education Ministry is requiring university students to publish their theses in an academic journal before graduating.
March 14, 2012
For the past four months Melvin Hutabarat has avoided going to parties. A post-graduate student at University of Indonesia's faculty of social and political sciences, Melvin chose to concentrate on books. He had no time to hang out with fellow students at the canteen in the university, which is located at Depok, a small town outside Jakarta. "I must hurry and complete my thesis before the regulation comes into force," he says
Melvin is referring to
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