Fadhilah Setianingrum smiled with satisfaction. The smiling girl is a Gojek motorcycle taxi student in Central Java, who has graduated from D3 Informatics Engineering at the Politeknik Negeri Semarang (POLINES).
Setianingrum is one of the first batch of Gojek scholarship graduates. He should be proud because the procession of the first class of graduates was also witnessed by the Minister of Transportation of the Republic of Indonesia, Budi Karya Sumadi.
"My father is a Gojek partner, and I was very happy at that time to have the opportunity to study when my father received information about the Gojek scholarship in 2020. The motorcycle taxi scholarship really helped me study until I graduated in 2023. "Personal expenses incurred are only for college assignments or similar," said Setianingrum, who is now 21 years old.
During his studies, he met and interacted with many people. This made him realize that the potential for working in the informatics field was quite broad.
“I am very grateful and grateful to Gojek for being able to make my dreams come true. "Hopefully more children of Gojek partners will get valuable opportunities like I did," he said.
The Gojek Scholarship is part of the Gojek Swadaya program. This program is a concrete manifestation of Gojek's ongoing commitment to supporting improving the standard of living of driver partners and families through education.
"Since it was first held in 2020, the Gojek Scholarship has provided the opportunity for dozens of sons and daughters of Gojek driver partners in eight cities in Indonesia to continue their education for free. "The assistance in the form of free tuition is also provided continuously and not just once, but from entry to graduation for 6 semesters," explained Head of Corporate Affairs Goto Central West Java, Guntur Arbiansyah.
The opportunity for Gojek driver partners to register their sons/daughters for the 2024 Gojek Scholarship program has been open from January 29 to February 5 2024. Registration can be done only via the official link https://bit.ly/beasiswagojek2024. Complete information regarding this registration can also be accessed via the driver partner application, namely GoPartner.
"Later, there will be a series of strict selection processes for prospective scholarship recipients, including selection for driver partners such as performance, honesty and loyalty as well as selection for children of driver partners such as achievement, motivation and academic ability selection from polytechnics," added Guntur.
The requirements for partners and children of driver partners who wish to register are that they have active status and are free from all forms of fraud or criminal acts, have a minimum rating of 4.8 for the last six months, have been a Gojek driver partner for more than 2 years and are registered as partners. drivers in cities where the scholarship program is implemented (Surabaya, Malang, Jabodetabek, Medan, Palembang, Bandung, Semarang and Makassar).
For children of driver partners, have a National Student Identification Number (NISN), graduated from SMA, SMK, MA or pursuing Package C for the last three years (2021, 2022 and 2023) and are interested in pursuing a D3 education at the Polytechnic of Choice in their respective cities. each.
In organizing this scholarship program, Gojek collaborates with the leading State Polytechnic, which is ranked among the top polytechnics in Indonesia. State Polytechnics that have collaborated in the 2023 Gojek Scholarship program, Surabaya: Politeknik Elektronika Negeri Surabaya, Malang: Politeknik Negeri Malang, Medan: Politeknik Negeri Medan, Palembang: Politeknik Negeri Sriwijaya, Jabodetabek: Politeknik Negeri Jakarta. Bandung: Politeknik Negeri Bandung, Semarang: Politeknik Negeri Semarang and Makassar: Politeknik Negeri Ujung Pandang.
Editor: Enih Nurhaeni
Source: joglosemar.inews.id