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Other Agencies

Considering the flexibility of the UT distance education system, a lot of
state and private agencies are interested in improving the qualifications and

competencies of their staff by sending them to take courses at a distance
through UT. The government agencies and state-owned companies cooperating

with UT include the Department of Cooperative through the Agency for the
Resource Development of Cooperative and Small-Medium Business

Entrepreneurs, the National Family Planning Coordinating Board, the Ministry of
Youth and Sports, PT Garuda Indonesia, PT Merpati Nusantara, PT Pos

Indonesia, Bank BNI, Bank BRI, the Department of Justice (in this case through
Tangerang Penitentiary) and the National Library.

Private agencies or companies sending their staff to UT include PT
Krakatau Steel, PT Tugu Pratama, Yayasan Lembaga Bina Pendidikan

Pariwisata, Yayasan Tadika Puri (for Dll PGTK program) . Until the academic year
2005.2 , 26 agencies/institutions allocate scholarship to their staff who study at

UT through its 36 (now 37) Regional Offices. The total number is 7,114 students
for the regular program . In terms of the number of sponsored students, at the top

of the list is Pondok Pesantren AI Zaitun, with 5,553 students followed by the
Directorate General of Community Education with 306 students, and in the third

place is the Directorate of Agricultural Extension of the Department of Agriculture
with 291 students. UT it self also offers scholarships for 229 students, followed

by BRI with 185 students , and PT Garuda with 114 students. There are also many
other institutions sponsoring their staff to study at UT.

In 1993, the Army Headquarters cooperated with UT to improve the quality
of their human resources . The Armed Forces Chief of Staff has made a policy,

requiring all the middle and high ranking Army Officers to continue their studies
up to Sarjana or Masters degree levels , and the choice is through studying at UT.

As a result of this successful cooperation, further phases of cooperation follow.

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