Every regency and city will have four villages in which all residents\ntake courses in Arabic, English, Mandarin and Japanese.<\/p>\n
Indramayu (ANTARA) \u2013 West Java Governor Dedi Mulyadi is preparing a\nforeign-language village programme in every regency and city in the\nprovince, to equip residents with language skills they can use when\nseeking work, particularly in industrial areas.<\/p>\n
\u201cEvery regency and city will have four villages in which all\nresidents take courses in Arabic, English, Mandarin and Japanese,\u201d\nGovernor Dedi Mulyadi said in a statement in Indramayu on Friday.<\/p>\n
He said the West Java Provincial Government would provide teachers,\nwhile regency and city governments would select the villages where\nlessons would be held.<\/p>\n
Dedi said that in Indramayu Regency, Muntur village in Losarang\ndistrict had been selected for Mandarin lessons because it is near an\nindustrial area with investors from China.<\/p>\n
He said the provincial government had recorded that PT Food Packaging\nJaya, in the Losarang Industrial Estate, employed 158 Chinese nationals,\nwhose role was to train local workers to make products to the required\nstandards and buyers\u2019 specifications.<\/p>\n
\u201cMuntur is suitable as a Mandarin-language village because it is\nlocated in the Losarang Industrial Estate, where there is a foreign\ninvestor from China, so those skills will be useful for people seeking\nwork here,\u201d Dedi said.<\/p>\n
The provincial government plans to involve educational institutions\nwith experience teaching foreign languages to help provide instructors\nin the designated villages.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Indramayu Regent Lucky Hakim said the local government had\nheld an online job fair offering 644 vacancies at 23 companies operating\nin the area.<\/p>\n
He said the recruitment system awarded additional points to\napplicants living near a company, while still requiring them to meet the\neducational and competency qualifications for the positions.<\/p>\n
He explained that the system resembled zoning for new student\nadmissions: proximity of residence was taken into account without\nwaiving companies\u2019 basic requirements.<\/p>\n
\u201cRegistration is open, but there is a scoring system, so applicants\nwho live locally near the company will receive extra points,\u201d Lucky\nHakim said.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/west-java-governor-plans-foreign-language-village-scheme-to-improve-job-prospects-1792155197", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }