VOKASI NEWS – Airlangga Vocational Studies has been actively enhancing international relations through a series of inbound and outbound programs. It includes an upcoming collaboration with Universiti Teknologi MARA in October, aimed at enriching students’ educational and cultural experiences.
This kind of program also strengthens the relation between universities overseas to gain experience and opportunity to work in the near future where this relationship could be a way to outcome the challenge and thus will ease people to work overseas or study.
Strengthening Global Ties Through Internasional Relations Activities
The first batch came on February 23rd, 2024. The activity is mostly socializing; on February 26th, 2024, the first batch did community services. The next agenda is visiting some theme park, which is a bonding activity between Airlangga and UiTM students. A lot of things could be done together playing flying fox, riding ATV, archery, climbing, sliding, etc.
The last activity is a cultural exchange in which each of the student representatives either performs or shows each other’s culture, such as traditional dances, games, songs, foods, and drinks. There will also be the closing ceremony. Until today two universities have joined the program UiTM (Malaysia) and Temasek Polytechnic (Singapore) with similar rundown and activities.
With this kind of experience, students are expected to have the knowledge of how the world is, each country has their own pros and cons. Thus, if compared to our country none surpasses another, it is equally stable based on which country we live in, also confirmed by one of the students itself.
“How come Malaysians always get mad at their patrol price when Indonesian patrol subsidy price is higher,“ said Fauzan Aiman.
The grass is always greener on the other side, bottled up, be grateful.
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Author: Kresnandya
Editor: Puspa Anggun Pertiwi
