Starting this year, activities at Sekolah Dasar Negeri/SDN (State Elementary School) 158 / V Lampisi, Kecamatan Renah Mendaluh, Kabupaten Tanjung Jabung Barat, Jambi looks more vibrant. The reason is the presence of “Paguyuban Kelas (Classroom Societies)” in this school.

Paguyuban Kelas is a community comprising student guardian teachers, ranging from grade I upto grade VI. “The formation of Paguyuban Kelas aims to involve the community in school activities. What we do is inseparable from the role and support of Tanoto Foundation in our school. Finally we are able to empower the community in advancing the school,” said Sri Utami, Head of SDN 158 / V Lampisi.

Paguyuban kelas in SDN 159 / V Lampisi immediately worked after being established. One of their successful programs is the construction of a musalla (prayer room) in the school. After a meeting was held between the school principal, the school committee, and paguyuban kelas, it was agreed to construct the musalla with own funding. Now the musalla in SDN 158 / V Lampisi is already constructed, which constitutes the first musalla resulting from the community’s own effort in Renah Mendaluh area.

Not only being limited to the construction of school infrastructure such as musalla, cooperation between the school and the community also helps the education quality improvement program at the school. Members of Paguyuban Kelas, who are parents of the students, will support the improvement of teaching and learning program at the school.

Tanoto Foundation’s programs implemented at the school such as PAKEM (Active, Creative, and Joyful Learning) methodology gets support from Paguyuban Kelas.

Written by Jazuli, Tanoto Foundation Jambi

Life is not a run race, but a race to share. Pursuing a personal dream is important, but if it does not bring benefits to others, it will feel less meaningful. That is the intention set by members of the Tanoto Scholars Association of Universitas Diponegoro (Undip), Semarang. Sharing and benefiting others is an elaboration of the value we get from Tanoto Foundation, which is “pay it forward”.

We, Undip’s TSA, undertook a long-term community development program in 2017, from April to November. The location of our program is at Madrasah Ibtidaiyah (MI) Al Khaeriyah in Desa Jabungan, Kecamatan Banyumanik, Kota Semarang, Central Java. We have undertaken several programs at this madrasah.

There were four main programs in our activities, namely cheerful Saturday, clean and healthy Saturday, planting Saturday, and library arrangement. Cheerful Saturday is a teaching and storytelling program for MI Al Khaeriyah students, clean and healthy Saturday is a program to teach clean and healthy lifestyle, and planting Saturday is a greening program in the school environment. One other program, library arrangement, is a school library renovation program.

” Universitas Diponegoro‘s Tanoto Scholars Program is very creative. The murals, created in the library, make the library room feel more alive and the students become interested in coming to the library. Thanks also for donating the books, “said Pak Muflikhun, Head of MI Al Khaeriyah.

Hopefully, the activities that we have undertaken for seven months at MI Al Khaeriyah can bring positive changes for the school environment.

Written by Niko Karuniawan, Tanoto Scholar from Universitas Diponegoro

Pekanbaru, January 21, 2018 – According to the 2017 Global Talent Competitiveness Index (GTCI) report, Indonesia ranks 90th out of 118 countries in the Asia Pacific region in terms of human resource competitiveness. GTCI is an annual report that is measured based on a country’s ability to compete in producing talented and capable human resources. Compared with other ASEAN countries, Indonesia lags behind Singapore and Malaysia, each of which is ranks 2nd and 28th.

In participating in the support of the improvement of Indonesian human resource competitiveness, Tanoto Foundation, a philanthropic foundation founded by Sukanto Tanoto and Tinah Bingei Tanoto, in collaboration with PT Riau Andalan Pulp & Paper (RAPP), partners with Universitas Riau to establish a Diploma Level-3 Vocation Program in the field of Pulp & Paper. This support is also in line with Presidential Instruction (Inpres) no. 9 of 2016 on the revitalization of vocational education to improve the competitiveness of Indonesian human resources.

“Tanoto Foundation focuses on the education sector because we believe that education is key to poverty alleviation efforts. Support to the establishment of the Diploma Level -3 Vocation Program in the field of Pulp & Paper at Universitas Riau is also a manifestation of our commitment to step up employment opportunities by strengthening the connection between the education world with the industrial world, “said Anderson Tanoto, a member of the Board of Trustees of Tanoto Foundation.

In this cooperation, Tanoto Foundation and PT RAPP will support the development of Universitas Riau as a center of excellence in developing expert human resources in the pulp and paper industry. Support includes software and hardware development. In terms of software, support will be provided in the form of trainings, researches, scholarships, and guest lecturing. In terms of hardware, support will be provided in the form of construction of a lecture building, which includes classrooms, equipped laboratories and other support facilities on a 4,300-square-meter property of Universitas Riau. The overall investment value in this support will reach Rp24.8 billion.

Universitas Riau has been chosen as a cooperation partner due to several factors. First, Universitas Riau is one of the famous state universities in Indonesia. Secondly, Universitas Riau is one of the main partners in the Tanoto Foundation Scholarship program since 2006. Finally, Universitas Riau is one of the main sources for the RGE Group, the corporate partner of Tanoto Foundation and PT RAPP, in seeking promising young talents to be appointed as their employees.

This Pulp & Paper Vocation Program is scheduled to begin its first academic activities in 2018. The signing of a Cooperation Agreement between Tanoto Foundation-PT RAPP and Universitas Riau was held on January 21, 2018 by the President Director of PT RAPP, Chairman of the Tanoto Foundation Management and Dean of the Faculty of Engineering of Universitas Riau, Dr. Ari Sandhyavitri, witnessed by the Minister of Industry of the Republic of Indonesia, Ir. Airlangga Hartarto, MBA, MMT, Riau Governor Ir. H. Arsyadjuliandi Rachman, MBA, Rector of Universitas Riau, Dr. Ir. Aras Mulyadi, DEA, and a member of the Board of Trustees of Tanoto Foundation, Anderson Tanoto.