UI will soon open program of evening courses<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The University of Indonesia will offer more
\ncourses for working people planning to continue their studies,
\nwith the opening of a graduate extension program of the Faculty
\nof Social and Political Sciences.<\/p>\n
\"We are giving priority to working citizens and high school
\ngraduates who are no longer qualified to take university entrance
\nexams,\" Budyatna, the dean of the faculty, announced at the
\nAryaduta Hotel on Friday.<\/p>\n
The university already has several diploma programs.<\/p>\n
The continuing education program, which starts on Oct. 2 from
\n4:30 p.m. to 9 p.m., will include classes in communications,
\npolitics and administration studies. Registration opens on June
\n15.<\/p>\n
\"These are the favorite departments judging from applications
\nin previous years, but through the university entrance exams the
\nchances are too small to succeed,\" Budyatna said.<\/p>\n
High school graduates are entitled to take the university
\nentrance examinations twice successively after their year of
\ngraduation.<\/p>\n
Last year around 422,000 participants took the tests for
\n61,578 seats at 49 state-owned higher education institutions
\nacross the country. Less than 2,500 were accepted for graduate
\nprograms at the University of Indonesia.<\/p>\n
\"It does not necessarily mean that the remainder who failed
\nare stupid,\" said Budyatna. As in the case of the Faculty of
\nSocial and Political Sciences, space is also a problem, he said.<\/p>\n
The new program will be able to take up to 500 students,
\ncompared to only around 250 in the regular program.<\/p>\n
He added that financial problems had delayed the realization
\nof the program, which is chaired by a noted professor of
\npolitical studies, Arbi Sanit.<\/p>\n
Students of the new extension program will pay Rp 2.4 million
\n(US$1,073.85) per year, while those of the government-subsidized
\nregular program pay Rp 800,000 a year. Scholarships will also be
\nconsidered, said Budyatna.<\/p>\n
The new program, he said, will also be able to \"tame our
\nteaching staff\" who have so far had to supplement their earnings
\nwith jobs off campus in Depok, south of here.<\/p>\n
In addition to their civil servant salaries, evening teachers
\nwill be paid at least Rp 100,000 per session.<\/p>\n
The jobs will go to senior professors, Sanit said, as the
\nevening students will pay higher fees.<\/p>\n
However, efforts to improve the regular program will start
\nwith \"parallel classes\" designed to \"enhance competition between
\nprofessors.\" \"We will have up to six parallel classes with
\ndifferent lecturers teaching one subject,\" said Sanit. This is
\npossible with a total number of 429 teaching staff.<\/p>\n
Critics of university education have lamented the frequent
\npractice of both students and professors only relying on
\nsummaries of professorial lectures, which have not changed over
\nseveral years. With competition, Sanit said, professors will
\ndesign better teaching material. (anr)<\/p>",
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