‘We had no choice’: Surakarta school expels students with HIV/AIDS

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'We had no choice': Surakarta school expels students with HIV/AIDS

Creative work for noble cause: Students paint slogans on T-shirts about HIV/AIDS during a program organized by the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) in Jakarta recently. The program was organized as part of PMI’s campaign to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS among youngsters. (The Jakarta Post/Dhoni Setiawan)

Purwotomo 74 public elementary school in Surakarta, Central Java, expelled 14 students identified as positive for HIV/AIDS amid protests from parents of other students.

Parents and guardians of other students allegedly threatened the school management that they would transfer their children to another school should the school management not heed their warning.

School principal Karwi confirmed the report, saying, “We had no choice. We accepted the students because everyone has the right to education [..] until this wave of protests started to come in.” Read More