17 universities sign MOU with Microsoft

17 universities sign MOU with Microsoft

JAKARTA: Sixteen public and one private university signed
a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Microsoft on Monday to
receive technical assistance in information technology.

The seventeen universities were recommended by the Ministry of
National Education's Directorate of Higher Education,
"and we are still waiting for the (recommendation) of one more
university," PT Microsoft Indonesia's education manager L.
Chandra Mohan said here on Monday.

"We provide training for representatives of the universities
to increase their expertise," he said.

Microsoft will also provide the universities with software
priced at about 85 to 90 percent of the price of commercial
software. --JP