Training course starts today

Training course starts today

JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesia-Australia Technical and Vocational
Education Project will hold a four-day training course on quality
management in Sawangan, Bogor, starting today.

John T. Boveington, the Australian team leader for the
project, said that the training program, to be held at the
Jakarta Vocational Education Development Center, will be attended
by 50 personnel from technical and vocational education centers
and schools. Most are from the eastern part of Indonesia.

Some of the participants of the program are representatives of
a number of Indonesian companies, including Coca Cola, Sheraton
Resort, Garuda Indonesia, the state-electricity company PLN and
PT Labtech Penta.

Boveington explained that the program is aimed at training
technical and vocational education staff to enable them to
implement quality management in technical and vocational schools
in 1995.

"This work is in line with the Ministry of Education and
Culture's dual system initiative for linking technical and
vocational schools with the industry," he said.

The new course will be presented by six Indonesian staff, who
have returned to Indonesia after four months of intensive
training on ISO 9000 at the University of South Australia in
Adelaide. (hhr)