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(PGSD) Program . Since 1998, this program has ceased to broadcast because the
TPI management made a policy not to broadcast educational programs.
In 2000 , UT worked with the private sector to deliver courses through

television broadcast through the Quick Channel or Q-Channel television network.

UT has been allocated one hour a day to broadcast its program . Then since
2004, the Department of National Education (Oepdiknas) has established
educational television network called Televisi Edukasi (TV-e) . UT has also been

allocated one hour broadcast per day on this television channel managed by the

Centre for Communication Technology (Pusat Teknologi Komunikasi Pendidikan
Depdiknas) .

Cooperation in Recruitment

Most (around 90%) of UT students are working people. Some of these

students have been recruited through a cooperation scheme with sponsors. Many
UT students are sent and some of them are sponsored by their employers or
institutions in which they work. The employers provide sponsorship for the UT

students, and they can take the advantage of distance learning because their
staff do not have to leave their daily tasks when they take UT courses .

One of UT main partners sponsoring students to study at UT is the
Directorate General of Basic and Secondary Education (Ditjen Dikdasmen) . This

government agency has cooperated with UT since the beginning of the 1990s to
upgrade the qualifications of in-service elementary school teachers who only had

teacher training qualifications at the school level and the number was about two
million teachers. By law, they had to be re-trained and upgraded up to two-year

university level through the Diploma II In-service Teacher Education (PGSD)
Program. This was in line with the government intention to improve the teachers '

competencies as part of the effort to respond to advances in science and

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