Telkom ICT-Based Smart Schools Boost

Telkom was intensified application of ICT (information communication technology) in teaching and learning in schools. Through a program called Smart School, counseling and education will continue digencarkan throughout the country.

"ICT will form the ecosystem and integrate the process of interaction between schools, teachers, students, and parents, become more effective," said Deputy EGM Telkom Business Service Division Achmad Sugiarto to ITGazine, Tuesday (24/05/2011).

With the integration of ICT ecosystem basis, Telkom hopes will form the basis for building the School Quality Management System which in turn improve the accreditation and school choices priority community.

"Related to the Smart School, Telkom has provided a total solution with the best network quality assurance and many conveniences provided for the school including the movement of Internet Goes To School (IG2S)," said Sugiarto.

To build a foundation of knowledge of ICT by teachers, parents, and students, Telkom began to hold educational seminars from the scope of the capital first. The event was attended by 386 participants of 184 high school and vocational school as Greater Jakarta.

It also presents educational seminars a number of sources such as Vocational Director General of Directorate General of Ministry of Education Dikmen Budi Susanto, Deputy EGM Telkom Business Service Division Achmad Sugiyarto, and Donny Budhi Utoyo of introducing ICT Watch internetsehat.com site.

"Implementation of the Smart School seminar was not only held in the scope of Greater Jakarta alone, but also be implemented in other areas such as Bandung, Lampung, Batam, Medan, Bengkulu, and other areas," said GM Regional I Business Service Division of Telkom, Prasabri Pesti.

Implementation of the Smart School-based ICT itself, recognized Sugiarto in an effort to maximize the utilization of competence TIME (telecommunications, information, media, and edutainment) owned by Telkom.

"These competencies we want to bring to schools ranging from basic services to data and Internet, and applications related to school learning and teaching process, until the transaction services such as Pomegranate (delivery money)," he added.