Heavy On Data Credit, UNIPA Manokwari Students Demand The Chancellor To Hold Face-to-Face Lectures

Illustration-Demonstration action against the Work Creation Law at the Proclamation Monument, Central Jakarta, October 28 (Wardhany Tsa Tsia / VOI)

JAKARTA - Students from the University of Papua or UNIPA Manokwari, West Papua, held a demonstration demanding face-to-face lectures and a reduction in tuition fees.

Expressions of action, Students who are members of the Papua University Student Care Forum, were shown by barging the front of the campus and sealing two development projects at UNIPA.

The action field coordinator, Agung Yual, said that the action was purely on the wishes of students without being ridden by certain parties.

According to him, the cancellation can be opened whether within the next two days the Rector will provide answers to the student's hopes, namely the reduction in tuition fees and face-to-face tuition.

"We ask that the policy be rethought. If there is no answer then the action will continue," he said

According to him, the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in lectures being conducted online. This policy is burdensome for students because they have to buy data credits.

In addition, the constraint on data pulses raises the risk of lower course grades. The policy carried out to avoid crowds was considered irrational, because the Unipa Hall was often used for public activities that caused crowds.