Swiss, RI sign education pact

Swiss, RI sign education pact

JAKARTA: Minister of Education and Culture Wardiman
Djojonegoro and Swiss Ambassador Peter Hollenweger signed two
separate memoranda of understanding yesterday on technical
cooperation in the area of polytechnic education.

One memoranda concerns the eighth stage of Swiss government
aid -- consisting of $1.4 million in the form of expertise,
consultancy and staff fellowships -- to the Polyteknik Manufaktur
in Bandung, which is closely associated with the Bandung
Institute of Technology (ITB).

The other concerns the third phase of the Indonesian-Swiss
polytechnic project, aimed at developing the Polytechnic
Education System. The Swiss government will contribute $2.5
million in the form of technical expertise and staff fellowships
over an 18 month period for this phase.

So far Switzerland, through its Development Cooperation
office, has provided $17 million for the Bandung Polyteknik
Manufaktur project and $19 million for the Polytechnic Education
System.(pwn)