ADB gives scholarships<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Asian Development Bank (ADB) president Tadao
\nChino presented on Thursday scholarships to 79 students of the Al
\nKhairiyah Madrasah Tsanawiyah (Islamic Junior High School) in
\nTegal Parang, South Jakarta, as a part of a social safety net in
\nthe education sector.<\/p>\n
Each student will receive Rp 240,000 (US$ 32) a year. The
\nschool also receives a grant of Rp 4 million per year for two
\nyears.<\/p>\n
\"Indonesia is a very great country. The scholarship is a chief
\ncomponent of the social safety net to alleviate the crisis impact
\nfunded by the ADB loan,\" Tadao said in his speech.<\/p>\n
ADB finances the scholarship and school grant in 16 provinces
\nwhile the World Bank finances the other 10 provinces.<\/p>\n
The Al Khairiyah Foundation runs two Madrasah Ibtidaiyah
\n(elementary school), a Madrasah Tsanawiyah (junior high school)
\nand a Madrasah Aliyah (senior high school).<\/p>\n
A madrasah teaches the same curriculum as other schools as
\nrequired by the Ministry of National Education, in addition to
\nenriched Islamic studies.<\/p>\n
The foundation also received 120 scholarships for elementary
\nschool students of Rp 120,000 per year per student and a grant of
\nRp 2 million. Meanwhile the senior high school students received
\nRp 300,000 each per year and the school was allotted a grant of
\nRp 10 million.<\/p>\n
\"The school grant is to be used to finance school operational
\ncosts, but not any physical projects,\" said an officer of the
\nscholarship project, Faisal Siddik.<\/p>\n
Director General for Elementary and Higher Education of the
\nMinistry of Education Indrajati Sidi told reporters that the
\nscholarship was intended to retain the student participation
\nlevels following the economic crisis.<\/p>\n
\"So far we have retained the participation level of 70 percent
\nand we hope to pass the barrier by one or two more digits in the
\nnear future,\" he said. \"We also put a priority that more than 50
\npercent of the scholarship recipients are female students.\"<\/p>\n
\"We have covered scholarships for four million of the poorest
\nstudents from 131,000 schools throughout the country worth more
\nthan Rp 1 trillion,\" he added.<\/p>\n
Faisal said Indonesia scored among the best three countries in
\nmanaging the social safety net in education.<\/p>\n
\"The success was because of our transparency in managing the
\nproject and also the involvement of the local community in
\ndeciding which schools to receive the scholarship and grant,\" he
\nsaid. (05)<\/p>",
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