Jakarta, March 11 -- Minister of Higher Education, Science, and Technology, Brian Yuliarto, has said that his ministry is aiming to pay performance allowances to lecturers with civil servant status by July-August this year.

"Yes, we are aiming for July-August (for lecturers' allowance distribution)," Yuliarto told reporters at the ministry's office here on Tuesday.

He said that the total budget allocation for lecturers' allowance has remained unchanged at Rp2.5 trillion or around US$152.3 million, as decided by the Ministry of Finance.

"The amount is still the same (Rp2.5 trillion). I will provide updates if there are any developments," he added.

Earlier, Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati said that the government is preparing a p...