PANGKALPINANG -- PT Timah again provides the opportunity for the best students to receive educational scholarships through the 'Pemali Boarding School program.
Members of the MIND ID Mining Industry holding opened Registration for New Students (PPDB) for the Pemali Boarding School Program for the 2024/2025 Academic Year at SMAN 1 Pemali, Bangka Regency, Bangka Belitung Islands Province.
PT Timah's Pemali Boarding School program targets junior high school students who have graduated to continue their education at the Senior High School (SMA) level at SMAN 1 Pemali.
Registration for New Student Admissions for the Pemali Boarding School Program for the 2024/2025 academic year will begin on 1 April-25 April 2024.
The Pemali Boarding School program is intended for students who excel, but are economically disadvantaged in the Bangka Belitung Islands Province, Riau Islands Province in Karimun Regency, and Riau Province in Meranti Islands Regency.
Through the Pemali Boarding School Program, PT Timah is a concrete step to reduce the number of school dropouts and improve the capabilities of human resources in the mining area to make them more competitive and competitive.
"Increasing the capacity of human resources around the mine is a serious concern for PT Timah Tbk. For this reason, the education sector is one of the company's focuses in channeling CSR," said Head of Corporate Communications at PT Timah Anggi Siahaan.
Just like the previous year, the number of students who will be accepted in 2024 is 36 students who are representatives from each region.
Recipients of the scholarship program will take a series of tests, namely administrative selection, field surveys, academic potential tests, psychological tests, interviews, clinical psychology analysis and document validation and health tests.
The PT Timah Tbk scholarship class program uses a boarding system with a dormitory system. Scholarship recipients not only receive educational scholarships but also living necessities and school supplies.
This PT Timah Tbk Scholarship Class not only provides academic education but also skills and soft skills education. Apart from studying in class, recipients of the PT Timah Tbk scholarship program also receive learning in the dormitory.
The Pemali Boarding School program, which has been implemented since 2000, has graduated around 851 alumni who have successfully taken part in various fields. For this reason, PT Timah through its CSR is continuing this educational scholarship program.
For further information about registering for the Pemali Boarding School Program, you can see www.timah.com. (*)