Jakarta, Aug. 18 -- Minister of Higher Education, Science, and Technology Brian Yuliarto reported that several universities are taking part in relief operations to help people affected by Saturday's magnitude 7.7 earthquake on Flores Island, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT).

He highlighted the establishment of command posts by NTT-based schools, such as Nusa Dipa University, Muhammadiyah University of Maumere, Nusa Cendana University, and Flores Bajawa College of Agriculture.

"Students volunteering from unaffected regions have also contributed to the distribution of assistance to communities," Yuliarto said in a statement received in Jakarta on Tuesday.

He noted that the University of Mataram had deployed disaster response teams in coordinatio...