section_path: Protests/Nusa Tenggara Islands
section_name: Nusa Tenggara Islands
paragraph_text: Nusa Tenggara Islands
  
  In Denpasar, students under Bali Is Not Silent Alliance arrived at the building of Bali Regional House of Representatives on 11:30 a.m., and carried a banner with inscription Tut Wuri Efisiensi, a play on Indonesian education motto Tut Wuri Handayani. Ten minutes later, they were invited into the building's wantilan (pavilion) by acting secretary I Gusti Ngurah Wiryanata to voice their demands. Students from Udayana University have announced plans for further protests on 31 March, following the emergence of an agreement letter between Indonesian Army and the university, which was perceived as a military attempt to intervene the education sector.
  
  In Mataram, students' union of Mataram University (BEM UNRAM), stated that they would participate in protest on 20 February with president of the university's student union already departed to Jakarta to coordinate the protest with the one led by BEM SI. They carried a bier as a form of protest. On 25 March, hundreds of students under West Nusa Tenggara Students and Society Alliance, protested front of the West Nusa Tenggara DPRD building. Speaker of the legislature, Baiq Isvie Rupaeda, subsequently announced that their demands would be delivered to the central DPR.
  
  In Kupang, students gathered in front off East Nusa Tenggara governor office, also known as Sasando Building to protest the budget cuts for education. On 24 March, students from Cipayung Plus Alliance protested front of the East Nusa Tenggara DPRD building.