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        "id": 2042683,
        "msgid": "west-java-to-offer-free-foreign-language-training-for-rural-residents-1792259418",
        "date": "2026-10-17 23:47:51",
        "title": "West Java to Offer Free Foreign Language Training for Rural Residents",
        "author": "Karta Raharja Ucu",
        "source": "REPUBLIKA",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "The West Java provincial government plans to offer free English, Mandarin, Japanese and Arabic courses from November 2026 to prepare rural residents for overseas employment. The six-month programme will be held in selected villages, with dozens of places available in each, and is intended to help prospective migrant workers understand procedures and avoid problems abroad.",
        "content": "<p>The West Java Provincial Government will organise foreign language\ntraining for rural residents. The aim is to improve the skills of\nvillagers planning to work overseas.<\/p>\n<p>The programme will offer four languages: English, Mandarin, Japanese\nand Arabic.<\/p>\n<p>West Java Governor Dedi Mulyadi said the courses would begin in\nNovember 2026. Each regional head has been asked to select four villages\nto host the training.<\/p>\n<p>West Java Manpower and Transmigration Agency head I Gusti Agung Kim\nFajar added that the language courses were intended to prepare rural\nresidents for overseas employment and help them avoid problems.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPreparing human resources is important because migrant workers come\nfrom villages. Some encounter problems abroad because they do not know\nthe procedures, let alone the language,\u201d Kim said after an online job\nfair at PT Food Packaging Jaya in the Losarang Industrial Estate,\nIndramayu, on Friday (16 October 2026).<\/p>\n<p>The foreign language instructors will be recruited from senior high\nschool and vocational school teachers in Indramayu, or from independent\ninstructors. Kim said the courses would last around six months.<\/p>\n<p>Each village will have places for dozens of participants, and the\ntraining will be held in the villages themselves. \u201cThe foreign language\ntraining will be free so that people are prepared to work overseas,\u201d Kim\nsaid.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/west-java-to-offer-free-foreign-language-training-for-rural-residents-1792259418",
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