UT SCHOOL FOLLOW UP (1)

Continuing my talk with UT School Jakarta, UT School Director, Mr Amin Santoso, invited me to have another interview and presentation on Tuesday 24 March 2009. The result of the discussion is as follows:

1. UT School Jakarta will organise an intensive English training for 128 students, who will be trained in batches: The first batch (64 students - in 4 groups @ 16 students) will start in August 2009; the second batch (64 students - in 4 groups @ 16 students) will start in November 2009. Each batch will join the English training for one month (23 effective days). After that, they will go to conduct OJT (on the job training) in separate areas in Indonesia for about 11 months. During the OJT the students will have to study English through a distance learning programme. They will take the final examination when they have finished their OJT.

2. For the intensive training, UT School has asked Independent English Course in Bogor to organise the course. I am now working on the syllabus and other details. I hope that the programme will run well and give benefit to both UT School and Independent English Course.

AN OFFER FROM UNITED TRACTORS SCHOOL

United Tractors School or UT School, which is located at Jalan Raya Bekasi Km 22 Jakarta, has invited me to help them with the English language training for their 24 selected students and some instructors from October 2009 to May 2010. The curriculum and other things related to the programme are being made.

UT School is one of United Tractors' CSR activities in Indonesia. As a big international company which produces high tech heavy equipment machines, haul trucks, etc., UT wants to contribute more to the Indonesian people.

Since July 2007 UT has opened UT School to train new students to be professional mechanics for heavy equipment machines and big vehicles. In the first year UT selected and recruited about 90 students from 2000 candidates. Those who were selected come from many parts in Indonesia. They were selected after a series of academic tests, administrative reviews and interviews. After one-year programme finishes, 24 best students will be given a chance to continue their study to the second year programme. They will be prepared to be global mechanics... it means they will be prepared to work abroad where clients of UT are located. Those 24 students will later go to the third year programme to prepare them to be more profesional. This kind of recruitment and programme will continue every year. It is UT concern to prepare the students to be able to communicate well in English so that they can work together with foreigners.

It is a great surprise for my course Independent English Course to be involved in preparing the English language programme. There will be some more meetings and discussions to make the programme run well. I hope that Independent can help UT so that both Independent and UT School can get mutual benefit.

Thomas A. Sutadi