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workload, there was no available staff to follow up the operation plan developed
by AED. This operation plan was written by Dr. Bahman Vahidi, the former Rector
of Open University of Iran, helped by Dr. Donald Ely of Syracuse University. This
uncompleted plan was finished in February, 1984 and placed in the UT Library.
Meanwhile the situation was quickly developed, offices were built and the first
batch of students who registered at UT had reached 50,000 students.
Amount of Time in preparing the Opening of
Universitas Terbuka
After Prof. Nugroho Notosusanto became the Minister of Education in
November 1983, a decree of the Preparation Committee of the opening of
Universitas Terbuka was founded. Due to the limited time of preparation, the
first opening of UT was not in similar period with other universities, which were
in June. The opening of UT was extended to September 1984.
Computer training to improve the quality of human resources
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