Educational autonomy as stipulated in Act 12 of 2012 on Higher Education actually facilitates access to the public. It is delivered by Bagir Manan when providing expert testimony as a government on Wednesday (3/7) at the Plenary Court.

"Autonomy of Higher Education Act is not contradictory because autonomy is inseparable with state oversight. Autonomy relates to supervision by the government. Not only that, the autonomy it provides easy access to the public," he said.

About the high cost of education due to the enactment of Act on Higher Education, Bagir said many schemes for underprivileged students. "There is a scholarship scheme, the scheme students who cannot afford," he explained.

Meanwhile, Emil Salim explains the Higher Education Act was created to enhance the competitiveness of human resources in order to improve the existing technology. According to Emil, Indonesian education is dynamic, it quickly required for financial freedom and other bureaucratic red tape. "It is to be free in the face of globalization competitiveness," he said.

Emil also explains the higher the quality of the science, the more expensive education is a natural thing. However, further Emil, needs to be seen in terms of justice and must be separated between tuition fees and payments. "Payment can be reached by done with leveling. Exploring sources of funding education through scholarships or work with a third party," he said.

In the trial, the Petitioner filed three witnesses who all the students. Nurul Pratiwi, one of them suggested that he ceases to be a result of the UI student Higher Education Act that resulted in the cost of education in the UI to be unattainable. "A week later after I entered, I was stopped on the UI because for my family, education fund worth Rp7.500.00, very burdensome," she said.

Petitioners consisting of Moh Junaidi (first applicant), Ahmad Rizky Mardhatillah Umar (Applicant II), Aida Milasari (Petitioner III), and Yogo Danianto (Applicant IV), argued that the legal norms contained in the Company Law has been set up through the technical stuff, especially related to financial management, which in turn eliminates the main purpose or nature (raison d’etre) higher education and birth injustice to a number of the nation. In fact, since some public universities to become a legal entity based on Company Law, such as the University of Indonesia (Applicant campus I) and Gadjah Mada University (campus Petitioner II), has spawned a number of campus policy that ultimately add to the burden of funding education to students.

Therefore, the claim or appeal petition, the Petitioners ask the Court to grant the entire application. "Declare Higher Education Act contrary to the 1945 Constitution in particular paragraph, Article 28C Paragraph (1), Article 28D paragraph (1), Article 28E (1), Article 28 paragraph (2), Article 31 paragraph (1) and (5) Act of 1945," said applicant. (Lulu Anjarsari / mh)