KAI and ITB open master's program

KAI and ITB open master's program

BANDARLAMPUNG, Lampung: State railway operator PT KAI is
cooperating with the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) to
open a master's program for rail transportation.

KAI president director Omar Berto said the new program was
expected to help the company improve its human resources.

"Currently, hundreds of our employees are participating in the
master's program," he said at the University of Lampung here on
Tuesday.

He said the program was only open to KAI employees in its
initial year.

Of the company's 40,000 employees, 44.76 percent are
elementary school graduates and only 1.69 percent are university
graduates. -- Antara