IKIP Jakarta set to change status

IKIP Jakarta set to change status

JAKARTA (JP): The state-run Teachers' Training Institute (IKIP
Jakarta) will be revamped as a state university under the name
Universitas Negeri Jakarta, its rector Sutjipto said on
Wednesday.

The official change in status will be effected by October at
the latest, Sutjipto said at a signing ceremony for a cooperation
agreement between IKIP Jakarta and the Bandung Institute of
Technology (ITB).

"Hopefully, the change in status can be realized in October,"
he was quoted by Antara as saying. ITB rector Lilik Hendrajaya
also attended the signing ceremony.

Sutjipto said that although the status changed the school to a
university, the campus will continue to be a base for training
teachers and lecturers.

The agreement between the two institutions, the second in
their history, concerns the development of human resources,
especially in the improvement of the skills and capabilities of
lecturers and enhanced research and assessment.

Sutjipto said the cooperation was important in helping the two
schools to face tougher future competition.

He explained that IKIP Jakarta employed 850 lecturers, but
only nine held doctorate degrees.

It has 12,000 students, including 1,000 postgraduate students,
he added.