Tarakanita College produces new secretaries<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Joy and happiness filled the faces of 877
\nTarakanita Secretarial College students at their graduation day
\nat the Jakarta Convention Center Saturday.<\/p>\n
Happiness also filled their families' faces. As soon as the
\nceremony closed, relatives rushed to congratulate graduates.<\/p>\n
\"I feel very happy because I've officially finished at
\ncollege,\" said one graduate, who had already worked as a
\nsecretary in a private bank for over a year.<\/p>\n
Also present were the college's director Sister Francino
\nHarianja and legislator J. Siberu, who gave a keynote speech
\ntitled The Quality of Human Resources in Facing Challenges in
\nGlobalization Era.<\/p>\n
Two of the graduates completed their studies in 1992, six in
\n1993, six in 1994, 374 in 1995 and the remaining 489 finished
\nthis year.<\/p>\n
Data shows 722 have already worked in private companies like
\nbanks, airlines, publishers, television stations, real estates
\nagencies, embassies and hotels.<\/p>\n
Tarakanita Foundation chairwoman Sister Antari Mursiwi warned
\ngraduates that graduation was not their destination.<\/p>\n
\"New graduates should make this event a starting point to
\nbecome professional secretaries,\" Antari said.<\/p>\n
The college, founded in 1968, is one of Jakarta's oldest
\nsecretarial colleges. It has between 500 and 600 students and
\nabout 400 graduate annually.<\/p>\n
The college offers two diploma programs: a one-year program
\nfor office secretaries, and a three-year program for directors'
\nsecretaries.<\/p>\n
Francino said the a one-year diploma was for simple
\nsecretarial jobs, while the three-year program aimed to produce
\nsecretaries capable of accompanying their bosses on more
\nimportant jobs.<\/p>\n
The number of the college's graduates is still low compared to
\nthe number of from secretarial courses in the city because most
\ncourses offer short programs ranging from six months to a year.<\/p>\n
However, the head of the Indonesian Association of Secretaries
\n(ISI) Dewi Margono complained about the quality of many
\nsecretaries. \"They cannot even type addresses onto envelopes.\"<\/p>\n
The association plans to survey the quality of several
\nsecretarial institutes. The association is a member of the board
\nin charge of examining the curricula of vocational schools. The
\nboard in under the auspices of the Ministry of Education and
\nCulture. (ste)<\/p>",
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