Bogor dropouts get vocational training

Bogor dropouts get vocational training

BOGOR (JP): Pakuan University here is offering vocational
training in sewing and garment production to 56 school dropouts
in a program supported by Bogor's Rotary Club and Latter day-
Saint Charities USA.

The three-month program is being offered to low-income school
dropouts between the ages of 15 and 16, the university's rector,
Rubini Atmawidjaja, said.

At the end of their training, participants will be placed in
garment firms in Bogor and Jakarta, including PT YKK Indonesia
Zipper, PT Coats Indonesia, PT Ricky Putra Garmindo, TMS Group
and PT Mulya Grafika. (21/edt)