VOI - Voice of Indonesia | RRI - Radio Republik Indonesia

Jakarta. In an effort to increase the number of UT students Abroad, the UT Overseas Student Management Center (PPMLN) in collaboration with the Singapore UT Pokjar Management, Mr. Fajar Krisna Caturangga, M.Si, held socialization and promotion activities UT online for 41 Indonesian Migrant Workers (PMI) in Singapore.

The new Head of PPMLN UT Dr. Pardamean Daulay, S.Sos., M.Si with Mrs. Veronika Enda Wulandari, M.Sc, as the Education and Cultural Attache (Adikbud) of the Indonesian Embassy in Singapore attended and gave a speech as well as motivation to prospective UT students.

In her speech, Mrs. Enda said that the Indonesian Embassy in Singapore really supports Indonesian citizens in Singapore, especially PMIs who wish to continue their education to higher education.

The Indonesian Embassy in Singapore continues to encourage Indonesian migrants to improve its competence through the opportunity to work while studying at UT.

He also explained that 41 people who took part in the UT socialization and promotion activities were PMI who had just finished participating in the chase program package C.

Hopefully, after the announcement of the graduation of the package C program was issued, all could immediately enroll in college at UT because of the requirements to be able to study at UT. no need for tests, no age and year of graduation, it is enough to show a high school diploma or equivalent, including package C, to be able to go to college.

He also reminded that working while in college is not an easy thing, but through education it will be useful and can be used as a long-term investment, when PMI returns to Indonesia, the diplomas and bachelor degrees obtained can be used to find better jobs.

Meanwhile, the Head of PPMLN, Dr. Pardamean Daulay, S.Sos., M.Si, said that the dissemination of education to all levels of society on an unlimited basis, including those who work and live abroad is a must.

This is in accordance with the mandate of the 1945 Constitution Article 31 "every citizen has the right to education".

Disseminating access to higher education to Indonesian citizens abroad, especially for Indonesian Migrant Workers (PMI) is certainly not an easy matter for the Open University (UT).

However, this has become UT's main mission to provide access and equal distribution of higher education for all Indonesian citizens, including PMI who are abroad, explained Pardamean.

Furthermore, material on how to register, the distance learning system as implemented in UT, the examination system and the use of various UT Online services was presented in an interesting manner by the Management of the UT Singapore Pokjar, Mr. Fajar Krisna Caturangga, M.Sc.

Before the event ended, Mr. Fajar gave the opportunity to PMIs to ask questions about preparing to study at UT.

There are many questions that are asked, starting from the study program, tuition fees, length of study, and the certainty of a learning system that guarantees that it will not interfere with work schedules.

At the end of the event, as part of the series of events the participants have been waiting for is the distribution of prizes. Each participant who is able to answer the questions will be given attractive prizes that have been prepared. (VOI)