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Local Government

Cooperation with local governments includes those in sub-district, district,
and provincial levels. Some of the operational cooperation activities are

academic support activities. During the examination period, sub-district Offices
of Education help to provide examination locations with use of the local school

classrooms. Besides, the students living far from the Regional Office are allowed
to take the examination in the approved additional locations in specified districts.

This policy can be implemented because of the good cooperation between UT
and local governments as part of the effort to facilitate access by students in
selecting the examination locations. Apart from examination administration ,

cooperation with local governments also covers tutorial activities. The face-to-

face tutorials require classrooms, and these are made available through
cooperation with local governments. Not all regional districts, especially those
regions that do not have state universities or the location is far from the state

universities, have sufficient tutors. UT has very limited number of tutors, the

local governments assist in providing tutors who meet the UT requ irements, with
a minimum of Sarjana degree in relevant fields.

Mass Media

In the instructional process , especially through the use of non-printed mass
media , UT cooperates with broadcasting institutions such as Radio Repub/ik
Indonesia or RRI (National Radio Broadcast Service) and Televisi Republik

Indonesia or TVRI (the National Public Television Network). In the beginning ,

these two broadcasting institutions help UT broadcast its courses. Nowadays the
frequency of broadcasting the UT courses by the network has decreased because
of the increasing cost and the tight broadcasting schedule . In 1991 , UT and

Televisi Pendidikan Indonesia or TPI, a private television network worked
together to broadcast courses of the Diploma II In-service Teacher Education

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