Jayapura school made best

Jayapura school made best

JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya: Governor Jacob Pattipi pledged Saturday
to make the Jayapura Technic Academy the best technical institute
in the eastern territory.

The academy has mulled over cooperation with the two
prestigious technical institutes in Surabaya in a bid to produce
professional middle-class technicians.

Pattipi, who chairs the Bineka Tunggal Ika Foundation that
manages the academy, said he was optimistic that his ambition
might come true because the central government is giving greater
attention to human resource development in the eastern province.

President Soeharto in April donated a set of sophisticated
laboratory equipment worth Rp 570 million (US$230,000) to the
academy, Antara reported. (pan)