新冠疫情的肆虐讓不少家庭受到嚴(yán)重沖擊。印度尼西亞巴厘島的一所學(xué)院為了減輕貧困學(xué)生負(fù)擔(dān)，允許他們用椰子和樹葉來抵學(xué)費。椰子會被榨成椰子油，而樹葉則制成草本皂出售。
A hospitality college in Bali, Indonesia, has begun accepting coconuts as tuition payment as students face economic hardship as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
印尼巴厘島的一所酒店管理學(xué)院已經(jīng)開始接受那些因新冠疫情有經(jīng)濟(jì)困難的學(xué)生用椰子當(dāng)學(xué)費。
When students at the Venus One Tourism Academy pay their fees with coconuts, the college will use them to harvest virgin coconut oil, UPI reported.
合眾國際社報告稱，如果維納斯一號旅游學(xué)院的學(xué)生用椰子來付學(xué)費，學(xué)院將用其壓榨成純椰子油。
Alternatively, students can pay using leaves from moringa and gotu kola plants, which can be converted into herbal soap and sold to raise money for the academy, Food & Wine added.
《美食與美酒》雜志還指出，學(xué)生也可以選擇用辣木和積雪草的葉子來抵學(xué)費，這種葉子可以被制成草本皂出售，為學(xué)院籌款。
The program has been running since March, after the college received a permit to allow it to operate on this basis, according to The Bali Sun.
據(jù)《巴厘島太陽報》報道，這所學(xué)院獲準(zhǔn)照此運營后，這一項目就一直從三月份進(jìn)行到現(xiàn)在。
Venus One Tourism Academy's director, Wayan Pasek Adi Putra, told local news outlet Balipuspa News: "Initially, the tuition payment scheme was paid in installments three times, with the first installment at 50%, the second 20%, and the third 30%. Because of this Covid pandemic, we have adapted a flexible policy. We produce virgin coconut oil, so students can pay their tuition by bringing coconuts."
維納斯一號旅游學(xué)院的院長瓦揚·帕塞克·艾迪·普特拉告訴當(dāng)?shù)孛襟w《巴厘普斯帕新聞》說：“起初，無法支付學(xué)費的學(xué)生可以分期付款，第一期繳納50%，第二期20%，第三期30%。因為新冠疫情，我們采取了靈活的政策。我們生產(chǎn)初榨椰子油，所以學(xué)生可以帶椰子來付學(xué)費。”
He added: "We have to educate them to optimize the natural resources in their surroundings. When the pandemic is over, they will enter the world of hospitality with different skills."
他補(bǔ)充道：“我們必須教育學(xué)生最大化地利用周邊的自然資源。疫情結(jié)束后，他們就可以帶著不同的技能進(jìn)入酒店行業(yè)。”
Bali is a major international tourist destination but in August, the Balinese government closed the island to non-Indonesian visitors until 2021, BBC News reported.
巴厘島是一個主要國際旅游目的地，但據(jù)BBC新聞報道，巴厘島政府在八月份禁止非印尼游客進(jìn)島，這一禁令將持續(xù)到2021年。
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