Improving the University’s Self-Managed Admissions Process
The findings of a graft in the University of Lampung (Unila) Simanila should be a reflection for state universities to improve bureaucracy and governance.
The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has named the rector of the University of Lampung as a suspect in accepting bribes.
JAKARTA, KOMPAS — The arrests of the Unila rector and his colleagues is an indication that the admission of new students through the Simanila provides opportunity for corruption. The campus management and the government should jointly improve the governance of the Simanila mechanisms to be used for campus needs and to benefit the right targets.
The Simanila is a non-mandatory mechanism for state universities (PTN). Usually, through this process, state universities allocate 20 percent of student admissions for underprivileged families, of which the school fees are taken through cross-subsidization.