Mayor Supports Replication and Dissemination

THE MAYOR of Tanjungbalai, Dr. Sutrisno Hadi, SP.OG is very positive about DBE3 activities in his district. At a workshop held on April 26 at the Mayor's Meeting Hall in Tanjungbalai, he asked the Head of the District Education Office to conduct replication and dissemination activities to non partner schools. "We must disseminate the program," said the Mayor.

The chairman of the local parliament (DPRD) in Tanjungbalai, Sutrisno Hadi, SE agreed with the Mayor's comments. On observing the impact of the DBE3 program in DBE3 partner schools, pak Sutrisno expressed his appreciation. According to him, the practices in the DBE3 partner schools in Tanjungbalai are almost the same as in the expensive schools in Medan. "We will support the government in improving the quality of education," said pak Sutrisno. DBE3 COP Stuart Weston, who also attended the workshop, praised the progress made by DBE3 partner schools in Tanjungbalai.

He said that the DBE3 partner schools in Tanjungbali are at least the equals of the partner schools in Java. The chairman of the Education Council of Kota Tanjungbalai, Drs. H. Arifin, urged the district government to implement replication immediately. He said that the replication and dissemination are needed to fill the gap between DBE3 partner schools and non partner schools. "Hopefully there will be no jealousy among those schools," said pak Arifin.