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because the printing and delivery of the course materials were administered by

Ditjen Dikdasmen under the Division of In-service Primary Teacher Upgrading
(PGSD) Project. It was found that there were a lot of PGSD students who did not

get the course materials so that this affected the student learn ing ach ievement.
With the implementation of the Law on Regional Autonomy and Financial

Balance between the Central and Regional Government, taking into effect in
1999, the funding for students in the Diploma II PGSD Program was no longer

allocated through the Office of Ditjen Dikdasmen, but instead by the
District/Municipal and Provincial government. Since then, the printing and

distribution of the course materials for the students of PGSD Program Project
were administered by UT, like regular self-financing UT students. Every student

obtained a set of learning materials package before the beg inning of every
semester.

Consolidation in the distribution of the course materials was continuously
conducted , and the effort was to develop computer application beginning in 1998

for the regular program , and in 2000 for the PGSD Program.

The Period o f Using Computer
Appl ication (2000-2005)

The period of 2000-2004 was marked with the use of computer application

in managing the distribution of the course material not only in UT Headquarters
but also in Regional Offices. The use of computer application became
unavoidable need for UT because the significantly increasing number of course

materia ls to be distributed . More than 1000 different kinds of course materials

and their academic supplements, or approximately one million sets of course
materials were to be distributed to students every year. Without accurate data,
there would be a lot of constraints in the procurement and distribution of the

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