Tanoto Foundation Commits as Assistance to Indonesian Education

Recent studies by the Asian Development Bank show that Southeast Asia nations including Indonesia are predicted to be unable to cope with the future world competition if they are unable to provide better education system to score brilliant generations who can do well in their professional work. This problem has become a main concern of Sukanto Tanoto so that he built the Tanoto Foundation in order to assist the government’s job in providing better quality of education to be accessible to all people. Such a tight competition of 21^st century it is, and our country should be prepared to face the future global competition. However, how can we do that without a ‘proper’ education?

Tanoto Foundation Educational Partnership and Funding

In addition to the report above, Indonesia needs to elevate its efforts in order to provide excellent quality of education that is relevant to the future market’s needs in a global-based community and step up the game. If ideally, a country should place at least 10 of the members to join and work in the science and technology-related sector, Indonesia is only capable to employ just 1 person. The gap is probably due to the lack of human resources who attend higher education and have the facility. A country should at least have 10 research-oriented universities in order to achieve the goal. The consistency is necessary not only from the government, but also from the country’s respective citizens to help improving higher quality of education.

In this regard, one of Indonesia’s most respective businessmen, Sukanto Tanoto, has worked continuously to dedicate himself as assistance to Indonesian education through his foundation. Along with his family, Tanoto Foundation has, until today, donated and funded more than 15 billion rupiah to support the education by giving scholarship and conduct internship, training, and partnership as well. Adequate facilities are needed by the students and teachers, encouraging local communities, and push the growth of national business.

Not only does the foundation fund the public and private educational sectors, it also has visited numerous areas and added to the high-level development programs in Indonesia that will be beneficial to the scholars and business. Take an example of Tanoto Foundation cooperation with The Wharton School of Pennsylvania that is aimed to strengthen local business sector and give knowledge to the young businessperson and students.

Sukanto Tanoto through his foundation believes that if Indonesia is successful in stressing the importance of educational needs for the sake of young people, fulfilling the critical requirement of your worker. Tanoto Foundation will always be ready to assist government’s efforts in providing innovative educational system to achieve such remarkable result.