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materials, student registration , and certificate. Annex 8 shows computers owned

by each UPBJJ.

5) UPBJJ's Budget
Like any other unit at UT Head Office, the budget for UPBJJs is from the

allocation decided by Rector. Budget allocation for UPBJJs is counted based on
the number of students, geographical location, examination fee , operational

costs and amount of salary for civil servants, and other policies made by Rector.
In general , around 45% of students' fees are returned to UPBJJs. UPBJJs

are authorized to manage the budget by referring to general guidelines set by UT
Head Office. Budget allocation for UPBJJs consists of salary, operational cost,

tutorials, cost of learning activities, and examination.
Salary is decided each year according to the number of UPBJJs' staff. To

pay their salary, UT issue Letter of Authorization (Surat Kuasa Otoritas - SKO)
of Staff Salary for UPBJJs . Based on SKO, Heads of UPBJJs send Surat

Permintaan Pembayaran untuk Gaji Pegawai to local KPKN each month. The
salary can be paid after UPBBJs have received Surat Perintah Membayar (SPM)
Gaji. A copy of this SPM Gaji should be sent to Subbag Anggaran Rutin dan

Pembangunan BAUK-UT. The account of UT Head Office is calculated based on

Pagu Anggaran Rutin UT minus salary of all UPBJJs' staff and salary of Head
Office's staff, and staff's overtime.
Actually, UPBJJs are asked to formulate budget plan each year. However,

only few UPBJJs send their budget plan because the lack supporting data they

need. Therefore, starting in 2006, the Planning unit sends prediction of income to
all UPBJJs for them to formulate their budget plan.
Up to 2005 , the operational cost for UPBJJs had been based on the number

of students. When a UPBJJ had a few students, it received at least Rp .

3.500.000. Since 2006, the operational cost has been based on number of

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