Providentia wins IT competition

Providentia wins IT competition

JAKARTA: Teams from SMKN Vocational Senior High School in
North Jakarta and SMP Providentia Junior High School in West
Jakarta were awarded as the best schools in an information
technology and communications competition (Info-Tel).

In the results of the competition for all junior and senior
high schools in the capital were announced last Saturday, with
the two schools coming out as overall winners.

Coming in second was the Pancaran Perkat Vocational High
School in West Jakarta and the SMPN Junior High School in East
Jakarta.

The event was organized by state telecommunications company PT
Telkom in cooperation with the Betawi Assembly (Bamus Betawi) and
the Jakarta Veteran University.

Director of non-formal education at the National Education
Ministry Erman Syamsudin expressed the hope that such an event
would encourage students to obtain better knowledge about
information technology.

Head of the organizing committee Agustono said that there were
100 junior and senior high schools involved in the competition,
with over a thousand students taking part. --Antara