Surabaya – Dozens of university students under the Indonesian University Students Alliance (SMI) rallied outside the Grahadi building in Surabaya on Tuesday to protest the new law on education entities.

They demanded the government drop the law and fix the education system for the good of all.

The students said the enactment of the law had victimized poor people who would not continue their studies at universities because they lacked money.

The situation underlined how poor the education system in the country was, meaning the government had failed to do its state duty, the demonstrators said.