Postgraduate School together with BPI UB Management held a socialization and coaching clinic for the Indonesian Education Scholarship (BPI) program. The activity which took place in UB postgraduate school building was carried out in a hybrid method (offline and online). This time, the agenda presented the Head of the General Subdivision of the Higher Education Funding Center, Ratna Prabandari, to explain about the Indonesian Education Scholarship Program (BPI), on Tuesday (11/4/2023).
This activity was opened by Vice Director I for Postgraduate Academic Affairs, Universitas Brawijaya, Dr. Nurul Badriyah, SE., ME. In her speech, she expressed her gratitude to the Head of General Subdivision of the Center for Higher Education Funding, Ratna Prabandari who has provided information regarding the scholarship program for UB community.
Also present were the Vice Rector IV for Cooperation Planning and Internationalization of Universitas Brawijaya, Andi Kurniawan, S.Pi., M.Eng, D.Sc. In his speech, he gave encouragement and motivation for socialization participants, especially for lecturers at Universitas Brawijaya to use the opportunities provided by the government through the Indonesian Education Scholarship (BPI) and LPDP Funding in continuing their studies at domestic and foreign universities.
On the same occasion, Ratna Prabandari explained various information about targeted programs. “Later on, this program will be funded and explained that this scholarship program is a form of collaboration between the Ministry of Education and Culture and the Education Fund Management Institute (LPDP), which aims to improve the quality of human resources from educators or lecturers throughout Indonesia as well as prospective lecturers and cultural actors who also have the same opportunity to obtain the scholarship, “she said.
Ratna also revealed that a number of stages and important conditions in the process of receiving this scholarship would be enforced, including one of the most important is language mastery, because according to her, in order to be able to study abroad, language needs to be prioritized by referring to the standards set by the institution. .
This socialization activity was also coupled with presentations from awardee representatives regarding experience in the registration process, especially important requirements in the process of receiving administrative documents as well as in the interview selection stage. (Humas Ub/ Trans. Iir)
