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Conclusion

The continuous efforts to give better services to the students are the UT

commitment to educate people across the country. Too much reliance on the
students' autonomy of their own learning process appeared insufficient; therefore
it could not be retained any longer. From time to time UT has been trying to

itnprove its support services in students' learning process. It was reflected in the

form of better structured and organized tutorials. UT has begun to take into
account the tutorial achievement in the form of percentage contribution to the
final grade. The percentage of the contribution depended on the span of control

UT took to the tutorial processes. The more controlled tutorial process, the more

it has contribution to the final grade. In relation to that, UT concentrates all its
efforts trying to improve the quality of tutorials. These efforts should be
continued as to reach UT mission that is: to become one of the centers of

excellence among distance higher institutions in Asia by 2010 and in the world by

2020.

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