Students of IPB Professional Field Work Program Accompanied TPADarunna’imto Win the Third Place for the KotabaruTa’ruf Ramadan parade competition
Kotabaru, 6 July 2013. Students of IPB Professional Field Work Program (KuliahKerjaProfesi– KKP IPB) had successfully assisted TPA Darunna'imto win the 3rd place in the KotabaruTa'ruf Ramadanparade competition. They assisted students of TPAsantri-santriwati(student at traditional type of Moslem school) Darunnaim, Baharu Utara village. The competition was organized by the regional government in Siring Laut,KotabaruRegency, which was participated by 41 Group which consists of (Santri TPA, SD, SMP, SMA) of Kotabaru, South Kalimantan.
District Government of KotabaruawardedTPA Darunna’imof Baharu Utara village as the third winner for the Kotabaruparade Ta'rufRamadan. TPA which was accompanied by five students from the Faculty of Human Ecology, Faculty of Agriculture and Faculty of Economics and Management, namelyWishnuDeslaknyoHanjagi, Dessi Amelia, Muhammad Ajron Abdullah, RamadhiniRizkiyah, and Rahmatullah, took the simpleconcept with flags greetings to audiences had attracted juries. Ta'rufparade which were performed by marching along the Siring Lautfor about three kilometers was participated by dozens of TPA Santri from various schools of Kotabarudistrict.
"We do not expect to win the third place, as there are plenty of very creativeparticipants. Probably, as we greet the audience all the way and it has impressed the juries, while other participants do not say anything when they pass through the grand juries, "said Dessi, one of KKP IPBstudents. The students who were placed in Baharu Utara village, PulauLaut district,confessed that they had prepared it wellone day before the competition.
The visit of IPB student in the Baharu Utaravillage, Kota Baruis the result of collaboration between the InstitutPertanian Bogor with PT. Arutmin Indonesia for the implementation of the empowermentprogram of villages guided the company through the ProfessionalField Work Program (KuliahKerjaProfesi – KKP). KKP is one of the Higher Education Programs for the professional development of students and community empowerment assigning students to live, adapt and be accepted by society in order to jointly promote and to changetheir behaviour in addressing the social problems they encounter by utilizing the students subject specialists, as well as to expand the institutional access to various relevant institutions. Under the KKP program, students spend for two monthsin the villages.
In the near future, IPB will continuously establish networkswith various stakeholders to send its students for their field works. The relationships will be developed for placements of those students in villages managed both by the central government, and local government as well or private companies.(Wied).
