JAYAPURA - Pemerintah Provinsi (Pemprov) Papua melalui Badan Pengembangan Sumber Daya Manusia (BPSDM), Jumat sore (17/9/2021) melepas 250 pelajar Orang Asli Papua (OAP) peserta Program Siswa Unggul Papua (SUP) ke empat lembaga pendidikan di Kota dan Kabupaten Jayapura.
Serah terima Siswa Unggul Papua ini berlangsung di Suni Hotel dan Convetion, Abepura, Kota Jayapura, diawali dengan penandatanganan kesepakatan kerjasama antara Pemprov Papua melalui BPSDM Provinsi Papua kepada Lembaga Pendidikan dan Pembinaan Papua Language Institute (PLI), Papua Hope Language Institute (PHLI), Sagu Foundation (SF) dan Tangata English House.
Kepala BPSDM Provinsi Papua, Aryoko AF Rumaropen,SP.M.Eng mengatakan para pelajar OAP peserta program SUP mendapatkan beasiswa pendidikan dari Pemprov Papua untuk mengenyam pendidikan diberbagai perguruan tinggi didalam maupun luar negeri.
“Sebelum mereka dikirim ke berbagai perguruan tinggi didalam dan luar negeri, anak-anak kita dibina karakternya dan bahasa inggrisnya di empat lembaga pendidikan lokal Papua yang ada di Kota dan Kabupaten Jayapura,” jelasnya.
250 pelajar OAP tersebut merupakan putra-putri terbaik yang telah mengikuti tiga tahapan seleksi dan tes yakni seleksi administrasi, Tes Potensi Akademik (TPA) dan tes Kesehatan selama dua bulan sejak Juli 2021.
“Para pelajar OAP ini sudah menjalani proses seleksi yang dilakukan sejak dua bulan terakhir. Dari kuota 250 pelajar mereka bakal mengikuti pembinaan di Lembaga pendidikan yang menjadi mitra Pemprov Papua,” ujar Aryoko.
Dikemukakan Rumaropen bahwa Program Beasiswa Siswa Unggul Papua merupakan salah satu kebijakan prioritas dari Gubernur Lukas Enembe,SIP,MH Dan Wakil Gubernur Klemen Tinal,SE,MM.
“Oleh karena itu, besar harapan kami dalam pelaksanaan pembinaan siswa dapat di lakukan sesuai dengan aturan-aturan yang telah tertuang dalam perjanjian Kerjasama,” ungkap Aryoko.
Sementara itu, Ketua Panitia Seleksi Beasiswa Program SUP Papua 2021, Elius Enembe,S.Kep, MM dalam laporannya meyebutkan pelajar OAP yang mendaftar dalam program SUP sebanyak 1.292 lulusan Sekolah Menengah Atas (SMA) dan Sekolah Menegah Kejuruan (SMK) se-Provinsi Papua.
Dari jumlah ini, 962 pelajar dinyatakan lulus seleksi administrasi. Kemudian pada Seleksi Tes Potensi Akademik Dan Bahasa Inggris sebanyak 250 dinyatakan lulus dan mengikuti tes Kesehatan.
“Penyelenggaraan seleksi beasiswa Program Siswa Unggul Papua tahun 2021 telah dilaksanakan dengan tahapan-tahapan yang terukur dan sangat transparan,” ujar Elius yang juga Kepala Bidang (Kabid) Perencanaan Program Pendidikan dan Peningkatan Daya Saing Afirmasi SDM Papua.
Dia menambahkan tahapan telah selesai dan selanjutnya para calon penerima beasiswa dapat kami distribusikan ke setiap lembaga pembinaan dengan kuota yang telah di tentukan oleh BPSDM Provinsi Papua selaku sponsor. ***
JAYAPURA - The Provincial Government of Papua through the Human Resources Development Agency (BPSDM), Friday afternoon (17/9/2021) released 250 Indigenous Papuan students (OAP) participants of the Papua Superior Student Program (SUP) to four educational institutions in Jayapura City and Regency.
The handover of Papuan Superior Students took place at Suni Hotel and Convention, Abepura, Jayapura City, beginning with the signing of a cooperation agreement between the Provincial Government of Papua through Human Resources Development Agency of Papua Province to the Papua Language Institute (PLI), Papua Hope Language Institute (PHLI), Sagu Foundation (SF) and Tangata English House.
Head of Human Resources Development Agency of Papua Province, Aryoko AF Rumaropen, SP. M.Eng said the Indigenous Papuan students participating in the SUP program received educational scholarships from the Papua Provincial Government to receive education at various domestic and foreign universities.
"Before they were sent to various universities at home and abroad, our children were fostered their character and English in four local Papuan educational institutions in Jayapura City and Regency," he explained.
The 250 of Indigenous Papuan students are the best children who have taken three stages of selection and tests namely administrative selection, Academic Potential Test (TPA) and Health test for two months since July 2021.
"These students have undergone a selection process conducted since the last two months. From the quota of 250 students they will follow the construction at educational institutions that are partners of the Papua Provincial Government," said Aryoko.
Rumaropen stated that the Papua Superior Student Scholarship Program is one of the priority policies of Governor Lukas Enembe, SIP, MH and Deputy Governor Klemen Tinal, SE, MM.
"Therefore, our expectations in the implementation of student coaching can be done in accordance with the rules contained in the Cooperation agreement," said Aryoko.
Meanwhile, Chairman of the Sup Papua 2021 Program Scholarship Selection Committee, Elius Enembe, S.Kep, MM in his report mentioned students who enrolled in the SUP program as many as 1,292 graduates of High School (SMA) and Vocational School (SMK) in Papua Province.
Of these, 962 students passed the administrative selection. There were 250 students passed the Selection of Academic and English Potential Tests and take the Health test.
"The selection of the Papua Superior Student Program scholarship in 2021 has been carried out with measurable and very transparent stages," said Elius who is also head of Field in Planning of Education Program and Improving Competitiveness of Papua Human Resources Affirmations.
He added that the step has been completed and then the prospective scholarship recipients can be distributed to each coaching institution with quotas that have been determined by Human Resources Development Agency of Papua Province as sponsors.