Indonesia :: One and Only

SURABAYA–MI: Institut Teknologi Sepuluh November (ITS) Surabaya berencana mendirikan Pusat Ilmu Robotika Nasional yang pertama kalinya di Indonesia pada 2009.

“Selama ini, ITS sudah dikenal sebagai jagonya robot di Indonesia, karena itu kami berpikir untuk bisa mendirikan Pusat Ilmu Robotika Nasional. Jadi, nanti bisa untuk wisata ilmu teknologi,” kata Rektor ITS Prof Ir Priyo Suprobo MS PhD di Surabaya, Kamis.

Sebelumnya, ITS telah memiliki Pusat Desain dan Rekayasa Kapal Nasional (NASDEC). “Untuk Pusat Robotika itu, kami akan membicarakan dulu dengan Dirjen Dikti untuk persetujuan realisasinya,” katanya. (more…)

August 07, 2008 19:57 PM

Source: Bernama
By Mohd Nasir Yusoff

JOGJAKARTA, Aug 7 (Bernama)– The Education Ministry wants to learn from Indonesian schools on the agriculture vocational education, and arts and culture curriculum, said its minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein.

With the global food crisis, he said Malaysian schools should adopt a more dynamic agriculture vocational syllabus while instilling cultural awareness in schools in the face of globalisation.

“I find that Indonesia has succeeded in the agriculture vocational education as well as in imparting the arts and cultural values in schools. Both aspects must be given emphasis,” he told Bernama at the end of his three-day visit here. (more…)

Jakarta (ANTARA News) – Eight elementary school students representing Indonesia in “The 12th Po Leng Kuk Elementary International Contest for Math” held in Hong Kong July 12-15, 2008 grabbed 5 gold medals.

“It is an outstanding achievement because almost all elementary school students representing Indonesia in the international contest were able to do their best,” the director for kindergarten and elementary school management at the National Education Ministry, Mudjito Ak, said here on Thursday. (more…)