Engineering schools have highest dropout rates: Ministry

Amid a shortage of engineers in the country, data has revealed an even bitter reality that engineering schools at Indonesian universities have the highest dropout rates.
Biomedical engineering student Gabriela Zurliana, 18, who attends a state university in Surabaya, East Java, was among those determined to quit her engineering program, saying that she could no longer cope with the workload and challenges. She was only in her second semester but she knew she had met her limit.
It was my father’s choice, she said, explaining why she chose a program that she felt did not suit her. Gabriela said she had initially aimed to apply for the international relations program but her parents disagreed so she picked a program she was neither familiar with nor had interest in.