Schools In Cianjur Ask For Donations By Fixing Tariffs And Threatening To Withhold Diplomas, West Java Education Office Issues Warning

Head of the West Java Regional VI Education Branch Office (KCD) in Cianjur, West Java, Endang Susilastuti. (AMONG)

CIANJUR - Head of Region VI West Java Education Office (Disdik) in Cianjur, West Java, Endang Susilastuti, asked parents to report immediately if they found donations whose value was determined and schools withheld student diplomas.

"The reason is that donations have been regulated in the Governor's Regulation with the school committee manager whose value cannot be determined or voluntary, if there is a determination of the value of the entry in the levy, action will be taken," he said in Cianjur, quoted from Antara, Monday, August 22.

The legal basis for donations when assistance is lacking, planning is made, then the committee issues a joint agreement with parents to make donations with a value that is not pegged or given by parents sincerely.

"Please report if there are donations whose value has been determined because there is already a Pergub, they may not set donations for high school / vocational students of the same level," he said.

Meanwhile, regarding the certificates of students who are detained by the school, his party has issued a circular that confirms that schools cannot withhold student diplomas, and schools are even encouraged to hold a diploma return week because it is their business with parents, not students.

"We will give a warning to strict action including sanctions if there are still schools that hold student diplomas because it is a school matter with parents," said Endang Susilastuti.

The Executive Director of the NGO Cianjur Activist Independent (CAI) Farid Sandi, said that his party received many reports and complaints from parents regarding the levy under the pretext of donations to parents of students with a set value and schools that still apply monthly fees to students.

"We have received many reports regarding levies whose value is pegged by the school under the pretext of donations, the value is millions of rupiah even though so far the school has received subsidies from the West Java Provincial Government," he said.

In addition, he said, reports related to student diplomas were detained because they had monthly arrears, had not paid annual contributions or funds, so that many high school / vocational high school graduates were forced to be unemployed because they did not have a diploma.

"We ask for strict action to be taken up to the revocation of permits for schools that hold students' diplomas under any pretext, whether public or private schools," said Farid Sandi.