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Good Practices from AAOU Members

Upon the achievement of opening up access
to higher education to all Indonesians, as
stated in the Business Strategic Plan 2021-
2035, UT envisions itself to have a bigger
role in Indonesian higher education system
through the following steps.
1. In 2020: becoming a leading institution in
innovation of distance higher education.
2. By 2025: promoting the integration of
all educational services in the cyber
university networks.
3. By 2030: realizing a digital education
ecosystem for Indonesia.
4. By 2035: UT is supported by a solid digital
education ecosystem.

Future Challenges and Directions
The milestones set in the Business Strategic
Plan 2021-2035 are envisaged to elevate
UT’s contribution to the Indonesian higher
education provision. As the proponent
of ODE in Indonesia, UT is expected by the
Government and the people to play a bigger
role in achieving higher rates of higher
education participation. Currently, the higher
education participation rate is at around 34%
and the Government wants to increase it to
50% by 2045. Therefore, a new challenge has
been put forward by the Ministry of Education,
Culture, Research, and Technology, which
is assist other universities applying online
learning by providing essential guidance and
e-learning facilities to support the teaching
and learning process. The digital education
ecosystem would allow UT to respond to the
challenge.

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