Japan assists IKIP Surabaya

Wed, 26 Jul 1995, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

JAKARTA (JP): The Japanese government has agreed to donate a
40 million yen (Rp 1,5 billion) language laboratory to the
Education and Teachers Training Institute (IKIP) of Surabaya.

Japanese ambassador Taizo Watanabe and Indonesian director
general for higher level education Bambang Soehendro exchanged
the diplomatic note on the cultural aid here yesterday.

Watanabe said that an estimated 73,000 Indonesians currently
study the Japanese language, the fourth largest number in the
world outside Japan.

"They are actually saving us an important group of
intermediaries and will bring our people closer," Watanabe said
in the ceremony where IKIP Surabaya's rector Soerono
Martorahardjo was also present.

IKIP Surabaya established the Japanese Language Education
Program in 1981. (05)

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