On July 1, 1981, because of the many enthusiasts and rapid growth, computer education has expanded to become the Academy of Computer Science (ATK) with the Department of Information Management and Information Technology. Three years later, on July 13, 1984, ATK received Registered status and turned into the Academy of Information Management and Computers (AMIK) Jakarta. Then on July 1, 1985, opened Computerized Accounting majors, and on September 21, 1985, AMIK renamed Jakarta AMIK Bina Nusantara.

In his young age, a golden achievement AMIK Bina Nusantara Computer Academy was selected as the Best by MOEC through Kopertis Region III Jakarta on March 17, 1986.

Thanks to the ever increasing needs of the community will be good workers in information technology, on July 1, 1986, School of Informatics and Computer Management (STMIK) Bina Nusantara was established with the program-Strata 1 (S1) majoring in Management Information and Computer Science. At the same time also opened Computer Engineering (S1).

On November 9, 1987, AMIK Bina Nusantara merged into Bina Nusantara STMIK to form an organized institution Diploma III (DIII) and Strata-1 (S1). Bina Nusantara STMIK managed to obtain a status of “comparable” for all majors and levels on March 18, 1992, and on May 10, 1993 gained the confidence to open a Master of Management Program Information System, one of the first Graduate Program in Indonesia in the field.

On August 8, 1996, Binus University standing and legally recognized by the government. Bina Nusantara STMIK then merged into the Binus University on December 20, 1998, so Binus University has: Faculty of Computer Science, Faculty of Economics, Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Letters, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, and Graduate School.

Community Services

Community Services is one of the activities of the Tri Dharma is the third university after teaching, and research. Community Services Unit (PKM) is a unit that helps departments in carrying out each activity and unit CRP is under the Research and Community Service Center (RCSC)

Binus University Organization of Community Services tailored to the resources owned by both Binus University concerning human resources and funding. To carry out each task, together with the departments and units set PKM develop programs appropriate to their field.

In conducting any activities, PKM unit also collaborates with the community, and various agencies / institutions, both governmental and private institutions on the basis of mutual partnership and mutual support.

Destination Community Services Unit

• 1. Helping communities increase their skills, expertise, so try to be independent and increase revenue.

• 2. Assist teachers in improving areas of competence in accordance with the ditekuni

• 3. Helping employees improve the competence of the country in order to assist in carrying out any operation.

• 4. Developing partnerships in developing Community Services activities

The activities

Community Services activities tailored to the department-department. These activities may include provision of skills, training, extension and teaching.

Facilities

Facilities are available to carry out these activities are central to

Binus University. Any activities carried out in cooperation with units of LRC (Learning Resource Center), Lab Software, and Hardware Lab.

Location

Secretariat PKM:

Binus University

Kijang Campus

Jl. Kemanggisan Ilir III No. 45

Kemanggisan – Jakarta Barat

11480

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According to Garry L. Landreth, founder and director of the Center for Play Therapy at the University of North Texas (UNT), play an integral part of childhood, a unique medium to facilitate the development of language expression, communication skills, emotional, social, decision making, and cognitive development in children.

For this reason, the most appropriate method of stimulating the children is to play. Landreth is like, a psychologist from the Institute of Applied Psychology, University of Indonesia Mohammad Rizal,Psi also said that the play makes children aged 3-5 years in the more intelligent.

It’s just that, according to Rizal, it’s worth playing through the stimulation was given following the 7 domains of intelligence of the child, as he had been presented by Dr. Howard Gardner, a psychologist from Harvard University, namely:

Spatial Intelligence / Kinetics

-Helping homework or other activities such as sweeping or washing motor

-Playing the bike, hide and seek, or up and down the stairs

Interpersonal Intelligence

Involve other children / neighbors the same age to play with your child. This is to teach children to learn to share and respect others

Interpersonal intelligence

-Drawing, to see the expectations or the surge of emotion when it was dominant in her

-Playing the role, such as playing the mother or father-figures of heroic

Logical Mathematical Intelligence

-Encourage children to play puzzle with more pieces

-Playing stacking blocks that have numbers or letters

Musical Intelligence

-Listening for children songs, taught to memorize a song, and sing along with them.

-Playing a musical instrument like guitar or piano miniature, to wreak musical intelligence

Naturalist intelligence

-Planting a tree together, watering and provide fertilizer together

-Feeding the pets like fish feeding while you talk about the things about the fish

Linguistic intelligence

-Give the book already has a text (if it is able to read)

-If you can not read, read stories and get your child to tell their experience about what

-Encourage the child to find the symbols along the way when with you

(kompas)

Non Degree teacher upgrading program will last for 1.5 years starting in October 2010, including six months studying Japanese language. The main requirement, applicants must be aged under 35 years old and a graduate teacher Strata-1 or Diploma level 4 in Primary Education, Secondary School, High School or equivalent, both from public and private schools. The applicant has taught more than five years in formal education institutions on April 1, 2010.

For this scholarship, all areas of instruction offered except for the Indonesian Language, Region, Arabic, Religious Education, and Hospitality. In addition, applicants must be willing to learn Japanese language because the language of instruction at the university is Japanese.

Teacher Training Scholarship Program is not accompanied by the bond agency. Scholarship includes a ticket economy class to go from Jakarta to Japan, the entrance examination fee, tuition fee, registration fee, and provided that payment shall be dormitory by the recipients. In addition, scholarship recipients also receive a monthly allowance of 170,000 yen per month and it would be possible to change at any time.

Registration open from 16 November 2009 and closed on January 29, 2010. Information and registration form can be viewed and downloaded at www.id.emb-japan.go.jp/sch_tt.html. (kps)

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Center of Administration Building (right) and Balairung (left) Universitas Indonesia

UI simultaneously strives to be one of the leading research universities and the most outstanding academic institution in the world. As a world class research university, UI seeks to achieve the highest level of distinction in the discovery, developing and diffusion of advance knowledge regionally and globally. In the meanwhile, UI is distinctive among research universities in its commitment to the academic invention and research activities through various scientific programs.

UI was founded in 1849 and represents the most experiencing educational institution in Asia. Additionally, Christiaan Eijkman (The Director of Javaneese Medical Doctor School-the earlier form of universitas indonesia) was awarded the Noble Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1929. He was the first to point out a substance in the rice skin and later was to be known as vitamin B1. he was also awarded the Prize for his new of investigating and his method to control diseases caused by vitamin deficiency.

Recently, UI produces more than 400.000 alumni and continues its important role both nationally and internationally. Furthermore, it is our commitment to produce high quality of education system, global standard research activities and maintaining high standard of international academic research publications.

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Being one of the top best universities in the world, UI is actively expanding international cooperation with other world class universities. Vivacious cooperation had been developed in the domain of education and joint-research with the finest universities. UI builds strong cooperation with top universities such as Washington University, Tokyo University, Melbourne University, Sydney University, Leiden University, Erasmus University, Kyoto University, Peking University, Tsinghua University, Australian National University, and National University of Singapore.
However, UI is actively contributes to strengthen and enlarge international network by actively participating to both regional as well as international education and research association. UI plays an active role on 7 higher learning associations in Asia Pacific, Europe, Southeast Asia, and worldwide associations such as APRU (Association of Pacific Rim Universities), AUN (ASEAN University Network), and ASAIHL (Association of South East Asia Institution of Higher Learning). The first association, UI becomes one of the board of Director of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU).

Furthermore, UI campus is one of the most magnificent green campuses in the world. UI has two campuses; one is in the central business in Jakarta (Salemba) and the second one is located in Depok areas (West Java). Depok campus is a green campus covering 320 hectares. UI maintains the ecology conservation by utilizing only 25 percent of area for academic, research and student activities; while up hold 75 percent for forestation. UI commitment for ecology is also shown by wonderful lakes (in total UI has 8 lakes) inside campus. UI is an astonishing campus that facilitates knowledge transfers and invention activities for all civitas-academica UI and humanity.

Many young people who lack access to knowledge that can help them have the correct information in order to distance from the tragic consequences. Among other conditions cause more than 5 million young people living with HIV. As many as 45 percent of which occurred in the age of 15-24 years.

Other data show, every year at least 111 million new cases of disease transmission through sexual contact occurred at age 10-24 years. Other cases, as many as 4.4 million children aged 15-19 years old women having an abortion is not safe. Approximately 10 percent of the world’s births occur among adolescent girls are vulnerable to death during childbirth.

To overcome the fact that, UNESCO developed new guidelines entitled “International Guidelines on Sexuality Education”. Guidelines that explain, what is sex education and why it is important to say.

In the guidelines, the material must include the six concepts, namely the relationship of values; attitudes and skills; culture, society, and law; human development; sexual behavior; as well as reproductive and sexual health. Sex education itself is divided in age groups 5-8 years, 9-12 years, 12-15 years, and 15-18 to the top.

“At the present time, education becomes a powerful weapon to deal with matters relating to the issues important to prevent young children from the mistake of looking at sex,” says Mark Richmond, Director of the Division for the Coordination of UN Priorities Education and Coordinator of the Global HIV and AIDS Unesco.

“Based on the evidence, many young people who do not have access to knowledge that can help them get the right information so they can avoid the wrong action. These new guidelines are expected to overcome the gap,” said Mark.

The Government of Japan provides scholarships to 180 students from Indonesia who meet the requirements.

“There are 180 scholarships for Indonesian students, the number that most lot as Southeast Asia,” said Ken Noguchi, Head of Education Section Embassy of Japan to Indonesia, in Jakarta, Saturday (3 / 10).

The scholarship program, he said, called Monbukagaskusho. For student or researcher training each month will receive 152,000 yen, for S1 students for 125,000 yen each month. Students and Young Leaders Program for 258,000 yen per month.

“There is also a scholarship from the University of recommendations Japan. Amount equal to the nominal government of Japan,” he said.

To get the scholarship, Indonesia’s students must registering  itself to the Embassy of Japan. “Completing the requirements and take the test. New scholarships may be awarded,” he said.

In addition there are also scholarships other financial aid such as tuition reductions ranging from 30 to 100 percent or any other material assistance such as bus tickets and so on.

Next Noguchi explained, there are also scholarships that can be proposed after arrival in Japan. 49 scholarships from Japanese Government and 131 local scholarships from private institutions. The number of scholarships will be accepted depending on the study will taken from the area.

“For scholars, the fund raised around 154,000 yen per month and for the master’s program receive 155,000 yen per month,” he said. (kompas)

Professor Yohanes Surya, the founder of the institute, said his company worked with local governments, World Vision International, Indonesia and the Nobel Institute.

“We want to prove, that the children of Papua who have been considered underdeveloped and has not left unharmed, it can do if trained. They have hope,” he said in Jakarta on Wednesday (30 / 9).

During a trip in order to introduce mathematical methods “top” of the developer it, Yohannes randomly select each of the five third-grade students and six elementary schools from Tolikara, and Lanijaya Wamena in Papua.

“We did not do the selection because it can not be selected. All the kids there on average have not mastered the math, and even high school students still have not mastered arithmetic fractions,” he explained.

Then, go Yohannes, the children were chosen will bring to Jakarta to attend an intensive learning mathematics in Surya Institute. For about 12 hours per day, the children not only learn mathematics, but also English, art and music.

Currently, three children of Tolikara had undergone training for about five months. They include Wemi Jikwa (12), Ali Kogoya (12), and Merlin Kogoya Enjelin Rosalina (9). (kompas)

Rector of UGM Prof Sudjarwadi’s opinion, actually lot of local wisdom of a solution able to serve as the various problems of the world. Only, the problem many local wisdom that has not been left out of academia. This is the interpretation that local wisdom in Indonesia is not clear application.

The Rector idea’s of the local wisdom was born since 2003 ago, every nation in the world have a history for contemplation on how to overcome a problem. Well, if the wisdom of all nations in the world can be mixed into something harmonious, so that wisdom can be a solution for the problems the community.

“Local wisdom into contemplation persistence with fellow human beings and nature for centuries. Thus, it should be description with the outside world. But application is not yet clear, these we hardworking,” said Sudjarwadi in organizing the series of World Conference on Science, Education and Culture (Wisdom) in 2010 in the University Center (UC) UGM.

Currently, the order should be included among the new generation of young and educated people to join together with the local wisdom of the world in order to overcome the various problems of human beings. So that harmony can be realized and the conflict can also overcame.

“We see the local culture can maintain the perception of the world. In fact, the strength can be a big problem in the world through culture,” he said. About the World Conference on Science, Educational and Culture will be held in the UGM in 2010, he was informed that the UGM has started on the importance of harmonization of the local wisdom of the nations in the world.

This can be used as capital to complete the global issues since 2003. Related to this, UGM has to fly at once notice the invitation to all districts and cities in Indonesia, including the legislator to be able to follow a series of activities.

He hopes there’s a combination of knowledge with the UGM in the region that can ultimately improve the welfare of the community. In the same opportunity, professor of Department of Cultural Anthropology Faculty of Culture (FIB) UGM Prof Heddy Shri Ahimsa, said the local wisdom that academic left has not been many reasons for legality.

In the future, academics need to keep the local wisdom into wisdom of the world. According to him, many local wisdom in India that have not been in complete to explore for resolve various problems, such as food and Handling terrorism. He acknowledges that there local wisdom can not afford to complete all problems.

However, at least, there is wisdom that can be used to complete a number of problems. For such purpose, UGM and include 15-20 universities in the world to follow the series of events in world conference. (okz)