Tanoto Foundation Held Training For Pre-School Teachers

The commitment of RGE founder, Sukanto Tanoto, toward education is unquestionable. This is evident from the focuses of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programs in all of RGE’s member companies, including RAPP and Asian Agri. These companies collaborate with Tanoto Foundation to distribute the donations, hold skill trainings, and conduct the construction projects. Sukanto Tanoto realizes that education is the basis for improving the people’s standard of living. Therefore, he and his companies commit to be a steward to the community, particularly in the basic sectors such as education, health, and infrastructures.

Tanoto Foundation Collaborated with Asian Agri and RAPP

As reported in a local newspaper of Riau, namely Goriau.com, the foundation recently collaborated with RGE companies operating in Riau, namely RAPP and Asian Agri, to hold a 248-hour teacher training session for Pre-School Teacher (PAUD) in Pelalawan, Riau. This aims at improving the teacher competence and standardization of early education facilities and teaching methods. Teacher plays an essential role in shaping the pre-school kids’ character.

To hold this program, Tanoto Foundation also collaborated with the Directorate General of Early Education, the Ministry of Education and Culture as well as with local government institutions. The training was formally opened by the Regent’s wife, Hj. Ratna Nainar Harris. In her opening speech, she admitted that pre-school students rarely have the chance to enhance their competence. Therefore, the training session would be a useful means of improving their teaching skills.

As told by the representative of Tanoto Foundation, the training program is aimed at supporting the Local and Provincial Programs for early education designed by the Governor’s and Regent’s Wife to standardize the pre-school teachers’ competence. The company has social responsibilities for the surrounding community, particularly in Pelalawan, to comply with the National Education Standard as specified in the Indonesian Government Regulation No. 19/2005.

Tanoto Foundation donates educative games

During the opening session, Tanoto Foundation donated educative props to some Kindergarten in Pelalawan. Educative gaming equipment is expected to help the pre-school teachers in teaching the kids on how to live in a healthy and smart way. This way, the kindergarten schools are expected to generate high quality students, who will be ready for the next stage of education in their life. Children with optimum emotional, intellectual, and spiritual growth are valuable assets for this country.

The teacher training programs involved kindergarten and pre-school teachers from Riau, Jambi, and North Sumatra. The session included theoretical subjects related to early education and 48 hours of practice, in addition to independent assignments.