SLP Penabur wins quiz contest

SLP Penabur wins quiz contest

JAKARTA (JP): A team of students from privately-owned SLP
Penabur junior high school beat 80 other teams competing in the
English Quiz competition on Wednesday.

They were followed by rival teams from SLP Bellarminus, also a
private school, and state SLP Negeri 29.

Organized jointly by the Ministry of National Education along
with the BBC International English Course at the Sahid Jaya Hotel
here, the quiz was held in accordance with an exhibition at the
same venue entitled Non-Formal Education Program Year 2000.

"We are astounded by the fact that many students are anxious
to join the English quiz. The participants were so packed we had
to turn down some of them," said Suharsono, chairman of the
Indonesian Association of Non-Formal Education (Hipki) and
director of the BBC International English Course.

The winners received trophies from the Minister of National
Education Yahya Muhaimin plus scholarship funding ranging from Rp
250,000 to Rp 450,000 each.

On the occasion of Wednesday's finals, the National Education
Ministry also pronounced the BBC International English Course as
the country's best training course of the year.

"Last year, the winner was the LIA (Lembaga Indonesia Amerika)
English Course," Suharsono said. (edt)