Indonesian Parents Find It Harder to Pay for Children's College Tuition

This situation cannot be offset by the increase in the wages of parents who have high school and university backgrounds, which are only 3.8 percent and 2.7 percent per year, respectively.

KOMPAS/PRIYOMBODO (PRI)

Registration room for new students at Budi Luhur University, South Jakarta, Tuesday (22/6/2021).

The increase in salaries among Indonesians is not able to offset the cost of higher education for their children in the future. The increase in the average cost of college education is higher than the increase in salaries.