School provides relief to students by accepting tuition fees in coconuts

An Indonesian hospitality college has planned to provide relief to the students having financial slowdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic by offering them to pay their tuition fee in coconuts and other natural materials like moringa and Gotu kola leaves.

According to details, the students of Venus One Tourism Academy in Gianyar – Bali have been allowed to pay their tuition and other fees in coconuts. The school has aimed to use it for harvesting virgin coconut oil.

They were also permitted to pay fees with moringa and Gotu kola leaves that could be used to produce products like herbal soap.

The school officials told local media that the products made from the natural materials will be sold on campus to raise funds.

They added that many precautionary measures have been made functional at the school amid the coronavirus pandemic to remain open including face masks, reduced class sizes and temperature checks.