UNS — The Vocational School (SV) of Universitas Sebelas Maret (UNS) Surakarta signed a collaboration agreement (PKS) with PT. Bank Syariah Indonesia (BSI) Surakarta in SV UNS Tirtomoyo Hall, Thursday (3/2/2022). This collaboration aims to improve Higher Education Tri Dharma implementation in education and teaching, research, and community services. The collaboration covers the development of teaching, internship, seminar and training, a workshop for faculty members, curriculum development, and research.
The PKS draft was signed directly by the Dean of SV UNS, Drs. Santoso Tri Hananto, M.Acc., Ak and PT. BSI, Hari Nopa Kurniawan Area Manager for Surakarta. The signing ceremony was also attended by the Vice-Dean for Academic, Research, and Student Affairs SV UNS, Agus Prayitno, S.S., M.CALL, Vice-Dean for Human Resources, Finance, and Logistics Affairs SV UNS, Abdul Aziz, S.Kom., M.Cs, and Vice-Dean for Planning, Partnership, Business, and Information Affairs SV UNS, Dr. Eng. Herman Saputro, S.Pd., M.Pd., M.T.
In his remark, Drs. Santoso Tri Hananto, M.Acc., Ak stated that this PKS is a follow-up of the memorandum of understanding signing between UNS and PT. BSI on 10 September 2021. He explained that there are eight programs in SV UNS involved in the PKS implementation with PT. BSI Surakarta, Diploma Program (D-3) in Finance and Banking, Diploma Program (D-3) in Accounting, Diploma Program (D-3) in Taxation, Diploma Program (D-3) in Trade Management, Diploma Program (D-3) in Business Management, Diploma Program (D-3) in Marketing Management, Diploma Program (D-3) in Informatics Engineering, Diploma Program (D-4) in Demography and Civil Registration.
“I encourage the programs to achieve and implement an activity from this PKS. (We do not) want this PKS to be not implemented or only stored in our bookshelves,” Santoso stated.
On the same occasion, Hari Nopa Kurniawan shared his gratitude for the collaboration between SV UNS and PT. BSI Surakarta. He hopes this collaboration could benefit both parties.
“Hopefully, the collaboration with SV UNS could bring benefits and positive effect for all of us,” he stated.
He also mentioned that the collaboration with SV UNS is PT. BSI Surakarta strategy that targeted university as its partners. In the future, PT. BSI wants to pursue marketing and business strategy under collaboration with universities. Humas UNS
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