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highest peak in the number of student registration was 115,161 during the 1993.2
registration period . In this period , apart from running the D-11 PGSD Program, UT
was also assigned by the Directorate General to offer the Diploma Ill for In-
service Secondary Teacher Education Program (D-Ill PGSMP) 3 through a
scholarship scheme. The composition of the new student registration in the
Education Program during the registration period of 1993-2 consisted of 8,718
students of Regular Program (so-called Non-Pendas Program) , 90 ,351 students
of D-11 PGSD Program, and 16,092 students of D-Ill PGSMP Program .
The number of student registration (new registration or re-registration) was
356 ,581 in 1995.2 registration period . However, after reaching the highest
number of students in 1995, since 1996 the number of registering students had
been gradually decreasing. In 1999.2 registration period, the UT registering
students were 230,260. The composition of new registering students for regular
program in this period was 29,884 and for D-11 PGSD Program was 6,572. In this
period of registration , the number of new reg istering students of regular program
was quite high because it was supported by cooperation with the Department of
Agriculture that recruited 5,893 agriculture extension staff to study at UT.
Besides, there were 1.542 new registering students of Akta IV Program of the
Faculty of Teacher Training and Educational Science.
2000 - 2005 period
Beginning in 2000 local autonomy pol icy was put into effect where the
management of state finance was decentralized at district/municipal level. As a
result, the cooperation of offering D-11 PGSD Program at the central government
level was discontinued, and UT had to work hard to establish cooperation with
local government at provincial or district level.
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The Government requires junior high school teachers to hold D-Ill certificate.
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