Students pay to charge phones at school canteen  

洛阳一学校宿舍不安插座 食堂收费充电生意火爆

近日，在中国第一拖拉机集团有限公司拖拉机学院(以下简称拖厂技校)上学的小王)称，学校宿舍没有充电的插座，如果手机想充电，就要去食堂充电，每次收费5角。小王认为学校此举是在加重学生负担。[查看全文]

(ECNS) -- A technical school in Luoyang, Central China's Henan province, failed to install outlets in the dormitories, and students had to pay half-yuan to charge their cellphones at the canteen, according to dahe.cn.

A student surnamed Wang said as they were unable to charge their cellphones in the dorms, they had to charge at the canteen, where about 130 wall outlets were installed.

Very few classrooms offered free charging stations, Wang said. Charging costs for a mobile phone is about 2.5 yuan ($ 0.4) a day, Wang added.

A school security guard said the school didn't install outlets in the dorms for safety reasons. "Many students want to use high power devices in dorms, which may catch fire easily."

But Wang didn't accept the guard's explanation. "At least the school can provide a space in the dorms for us to charge cellphones," he said.