Padang, perbendaharaan.go.id - "Human Resource is the basic capital to meet the challenges and demands of the future. Qualified human resources, who has a high-skill and education are absolutely essential, "as confirmed by the Head of the Regional Office of Directorate General of Treasury, province of West Sumatra, Wiwin istanti, during the opening ceremony of Socialization Management of the National Education Development Fund Regional Office To Work Unit Scope DG Treasury West Sumatra Province, Thursday (17/04).

Wiwin continue, if we look at the condition of Indonesian human resources, for example the number of people educated S3, then we will meet a condition that memperihatinkan. Number of S3 per 1 million population of Indonesia is still relatively small, which only reached number 143 people. Remained below our neighboring country Malaysia has reached 509 people or Indians who have reached 1,410 people. In fact we are so far behind when compared to Japan, which reached the number of 6,438 or USA which reached 9,850 people per 1 million inhabitants. Composition of the Work Force Education in 2010, our work force is dominated by the educated workforce basic (elementary, junior high), reaching 70.4%, much larger than Malaysia which only amounted to 24.3%. Some of it is this that drives the creation of Fund Management Institution of Education (LPDP) which aims to provide opportunities to obtain masters and doctoral scholarships, research funding and rehabilitation of educational facilities.

LPDPAcara boast offices held in the Hall KPPNs Padang, held in cooperation between the Regional Office of Directorate General of Treasury, province of West Sumatra with LPDP as a follow up of the National Leadership Meeting (Rapimnas) Directorate General of Treasury, which was held on 2 up 5 April ago in Jakarta. The event was attended by officials and employees of the scope of the echelon III Representative, Ministry of Finance, vertical institutions and universities and invited the Director of Finance and Public LPDP, Syahrul Elly Mahyudin and Head of Fund Development Division, Supreme Sudaryono.

"On this happy occasion, I convey my highest appreciation to the Regional Office of Directorate General of Treasury, province of West Sumatra on its own initiative to hold this event. Regional Office of Directorate General of Treasury, province of West Sumatra was the first to cooperate with the LPDP in order to follow up the results Rapimnas DG Treasury ", said the Director General of Finance and LPDP.

He began his presentation Syahrul Elly Mahyudin confirms that the LPDP as BLU which is under the Ministry of Finance-as-education fund manager is one alternative way to get a chance to continue their education to a higher level through scholarship programs, both master's and doctoral scholarships. This opportunity is open as wide as possible for the people of Indonesia and has been backed by substantial funding. At the end of 2013, the principal amount of funds under management reach Rp15,617 LPDP trillion and has provided the opportunity for 1,555 of the nation's best sons and daughters to study at more than 130 universities in more than 20 countries around the world.

In order to realize the vision Being the best fund management institutions at the regional level to prepare future leaders and encourage innovation for Indonesia as a prosperous, democratic, and Fair, LPDP has a mission to prepare future leaders and professionals Indonesia through education financing, encourage strategic research and / or implementable innovative and create value through research funding, education funding to ensure the sustainability of the next generation through the management of optimal Education Endowment Fund and support the rehabilitation of educational facilities damaged by natural disasters over the management of the Reserve Fund Education.

At the same occasion Syahrul Elly Mahyudin hope after socialization is expected to be more scholarship applicants through LPDP of West Sumatra who would memjadi future leaders and professionals that can be pride of the nation.

The second guest speaker, General Sudaryono, give an explanation about the LPDP programs, including scholarship programs which include Masters-Doctorate Scholarship, Scholarship Dissertation thesis, Affirmations Scholarship, Presidential Scholarship, Research and Rehabilitation Program and its funding requirements that must be met.

The event which is interactively packed quite evoking a sense of the enthusiasm of the participants. This enthusiasm is marked with the number of responses and questions. After the question and answer session, socialization was officially closed by the Regional Office of Directorate General of Treasury, province of West Sumatra.

(Contributors Kanwil DJPB Prov. Sumatra West)