Several state universities have hit back at comments from controversial Health Minister Siti Fadilah Supari that medical schools should limit the number of foreign students studying medicine in Indonesia to make way for more local students, reports the Jakarta Globe.
Suryo Baskoro, a spokesman for Yogyakarta's Gadjah Mada University, said that aside from the financial benefits, accepting foreign students increased trust in the quality of local education and contributed to creating an international atmosphere on campus, which benefited the students. "I see [local] students communicating with their international friends," he said. "They don't need to go abroad anymore for this experience."He said that by law, 10% of seats in a particular course, including medicine, could be allocated to foreign students. His university has 822 foreign students, about half of whom are enrolled in the medical school. The students pay up to $12,000 annually - far more than local students - once they are accepted into the highly competitive programme.
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Source: University World News, Issue No: 0077 24 May 2009
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