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supervisors: Rector of Universitas Sam Ratulangi and Rector of IKIP Manado.
UPBJJ Medan has two supervisors: Rector of Universitas Sumatera Utara and

Rector of IKIP Medan. UPBJJ Padang has two supervisors : Rector of Universitas
Andalas and Rector of IKIP Padang . UPBJJ Jakarta has two supervisors : Rector

of Universitas Indonesia and Rector of IKIP Jakarta. Supervisor for UPBJJ Bogor
is the Head of Education and Culture Office of West Java Province because the

Rector of lnstitut Pertanian Bogor did not support distance education system. As

there was no university in Dili, supervisor for UPBJJ Dili was the Governor of
Timor Timur (now Timor Leste).
When this article was written , a Head of UPBJJ was recommended by the

supervising rector. In each capital of province - and other cities where there was
a university - an UPBJJ was established as a technical implementation unit and

was responsible to the Rector of UT. In carrying out the tasks, a Head of UPBJJ
coordinated and cooperated with leaders of local universities. UPBJJ was

responsible for carrying out face-to-face learning programs, implementing
distance trainings for tutors , providing learning and academic administration

services , distributing learning materials to students, administering examinations
and practices , sending test results to students , giving out certificates, and

facilitating student activities . In general, all Head Office's and UPBJJ's tasks
could be done by staff at UPBJJ. Because they were supported by operational

guidelines which were made as simple as possible to make it easy for staff to
provide services to UT's students .

Concept of UPBJJ and UT's policies

From year to year, UT keeps improving its management system. The

responsibility in running UPBJJ, which was previously in a hand of a few leaders ,

is now shared among more UPBJJ's staff.

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