Banjarbaru, South Kalimantan (ANTARA) - Lambung Mangkurat University (ULM) received scholarship from the Palm Oil Plantation Fund Management Agency (BPDPKS) worth Rp6 bilion for its 30 students study Agroecotechnology at the Faculty of Agriculture.
"This year, ULM has been entrusted by the government to receive a palm oil scholarship fund for one student cohort," said ULM Rector Professor Ahmad Alim Bachri in Banjarbaru, South Kalimantan, Tuesday (August 19, 2025).
BPDPKS had previously conducted a series of selection and evaluation of the submitted proposals and ULM was declared to meet the criteria to host scholarship program for human resources development in oil palm plantation.
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Professor Alim expounded that this scholarship program aims to improve the quality of human resource in oil palm sector in Indonesia.
The scholarship covers tuition fees, pocket money, living expenses, and transportation assistance.
"So, the students are guaranteed tuition and living expenses until they graduate," he said.
Alim hopes that ULM graduates can contribute to the advancement of palm oil plantation, a crucial sector in Indonesia, in supporting national economic growth.
"What is certain that graduates are immediately absorbed by the the plantation industry and agribusiness," he said.
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