Putera Sampoerna Foundation in collaboration with ExxonMobil launched
a boarding school level of upper secondary school (high school) and the
first international standard in Indonesia. The school is dedicated to
students and student achievement from pre-prosperous families across
Indonesia.
Nenny Soemawinata, Managing Director Putera
Sampoerna Foundation said there were as many as 200 students and
students who have passed through stringent selection process and managed
to set aside more than 1,000 registrants from all over Indonesia to get
a full scholarship with a total value amounting to 3.15 million U.S.
dollars from the ExxonMobil Foundation.
The male and
female students selected are those that have been set aside more than
1,000 applicants from various regions in Indonesia. The selection
process is divided into five stages of strict selection, the selection
of documents, academic tests, psychological tests, interviews, focus
group discussions (FGD), as well as home visits to prospective students
(home visit).
Sampoerna Academy Bogor Campus consists
of students from throughout the region in Indonesia, including Sumatra,
Kalimantan, Nusa Tenggara (NTT), to West Papua. In addition, a number of
students or students there are also derived from the operation of
ExxonMobil, among Blora, Cepu and Bojonegoro, East Java.
Furthermore
Nenny explained, Sampoerna Academy is an international education
curriculum adapted from Cambridge University with a national curriculum
or the Education Unit Level Curriculum (SBC).
Meanwhile,
Regent Bogor, Rahmat Yasin said it strongly supports the opening of
school Sampoerna Academy Campus in Bogor Bogor regency, West Java. He
hopes one day this school can print more students and student
achievement and an example for other schools so that the quality of
education in Indonesia continues to increase.
For
information, Putera Sampoerna Foundation in 2009 has opened Sampoerna
Academy in Malang, and Palembang, in which male and female students in
Malang majority coming from the East Java region, while the students are
girls at Palembang comes from Sumatra and Kalimantan. The total
students of all Academy Sampoerna has currently reached 993 students
with 525 students and new students 2011/2012 force. This year, Putera
Sampoerna Foundation Sampoerna Academy plans to inaugurate in Bali.