Tables and Chairs: Fair Fees or Extortion?

July 22, 2008

WEST Kupang District 1 Upper Secondary School required prospective students who could not afford to contribute to the cost of their education, to instead bring their own tables and chairs to school. Those who could pay were charged fees of Rp250,000-500,000.

One student said that poor students were required to bring a 1 meter x 75 centimeter table, along with their own chair, during the orientation period for new students. If they failed to do s

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