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letters to the Regional Offices and the Deans , posters , announcement on the
radio, sending leaflets to students along with their examination results . Beside

that, information on TTRMK was also socialized in the New Students Study

Orientation at the beginning of the first year and it was also publicized in all
student activities such as general lecture, socialization of student creativity
program , or holidays.

At the beginning, this kind of publicity was insufficient to motivate students

to attend TTRMK. The number of students who registered to attend TTRMK was
small . However, some Regional Offices and Faculties remained conducting this
tutorial despite its small attendance . In semester 2001 .2, only 2 Faculties and 7

Regional Offices conducted TTRMK. Further on , more and more Faculties and

Regional Offices were conducted TTRMK and more the number of courses were
offered . As a result there were more students who attended tutorials (see
Table I).

From semester 2003 .2, TTRMK was offered not only for regular program ,
but also for S1 program for elementary school teachers. Even the elementary

school teachers program required students to attend TTRMK for 3 courses . In
addition, the TTRMK was conducted at the study group districts located outside

the Regional Offices across the country. This was possible because all students
were joining well-organized study groups. Therefore, the management of the

tutorials was carried out by the Head of District Office of National Education ,
while academic and quality control was still held by of the Regional Offices

Meanwhile, from semester 2005 .1, the diploma Dll program for elementary
school teachers also required students to attend TTRMK for 3 courses. The

tutors were recruited from high school teache'rs qualified as tutors and those who
had attended tutor training program. Similar to the S1 program the tutorials for

this Dll program were done in study groups located in districts. The management
was also done by the Head of Sub-district Office of National Education, and the

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