Medical School Malady

Last May, Minister of Research, Technology and Higher Education Muhammad Nasir issued licenses to five undeserving universities, thereby allowing them to establish medical schools. He ignored regulations and the recommendations of the evaluation team, which he himself enacted. There are indications of lobbying by major figures surrounding this decision. Jusuf Kalla and Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono have been mentioned in this issue.

December 20, 2016

The announcement made by Minister of Research, Technology and Higher Education Muhammad Nasir on March 29 came as a surprise to Irawan Yusuf. Licenses to open a medical school given to several universities by the minister did not follow the recommendations set by the Medical Education Studies Program Evaluation Team formed by the minister himself. Irawan, who is a professor at Hasanuddin Universitys Faculty of Medicine in Makassar, was a member o

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