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To strengthen the tutorial service system , UT developed a special design of
face-to-face tutorial which was literally called specially designed face-to-face
tutorials (so-called TTRMK). This kind of tutorials had certain and special

characteristics which were different from the previous face-to-face tutorials. The

characteristics were as follows .
a. Face-to-face tutorials were carried out 8 sessions per semester.
b. During 8 sessions, students were given 3 tasks which occurred in the session

3, 5 and 7. Each task was done in class and scored by the tutor.

c. The task scores (along with attendance scores) contributed 30% to the final
score . The attendance score included the number of attendance and students
active role in class .

d. Tutor came from local state universities, minimally having undergraduate (S 1)

degree, and accredited as UT tutor either through UT Accredited Tutor
Program (so-called PATUT) , Program of Increasing Basic Technique
Instructions (so-called Pekerti) , Applied Approach (AA), or core/local tutor

trainings.

e. Tutorials were carried out at UT headquarter and the Regional Offices cities.
Exceptions were made for the cooperation programs with particular
requirements. The cost of TTRMK consisted of the cost of learning materials

and the tutorial fee which were paid by students.
The organizers of TTRMK at UT headquarters were Faculties and in

Regions were Regional Offices. Therefore, the management of TTRMK from the
planning , recruitment of tutors and students, the process of tutorials, to the

assessment, were Faculties and Regional Offices' responsibilities. In order to
make all relevant parties have the same perception of TTRMK (especially the

Faculties and Regional Offices), guidelines for organizing TTRMK were made.
These guidelines were continually revised in accordance with the coming

feedback. To socialize this mode of tutorial , various things were done, from

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