Cargill Distributes CSR Scholarships for Politap Students

Held at the Politeknik Negeri Ketapang (Ketapang State Polytechnic) campus on Tuesday, 21 September 2021, the Director of Politap received the distribution of scholarships from Cargill for Politeknik Negeri Ketapang students. Cargill is a global company headquartered in Minnesota, United States, and through its subsidiary, Cargill Tropical Palm (CTP), manages several oil palm plantation areas in Ketapang Regency.

Director of Politap Endang Kusmana welcomed the scholarship provision by Cargill to Politap students as part of the program to build vocational education from villages and as an implementation of Politap link and match with industry. He expressed appreciation for the company's commitment to helping increase access to higher education for rural communities, especially in areas surrounding Cargill's operations. Endang added that Cargill has consistently awarded scholarships to Politap over the past few years.

Meanwhile, Regional Head, Government Relations of Cargill Tropical Palm, Muhamad Rajali, conveyed that awarding scholarships to Politap students is a form of company commitment to helping improve the quality of human resources in Ketapang Regency and is part of the company's Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) program. According to Muhamad Rajali, Cargill through CTP awards scholarships to 50 Politap students every year throughout their studies at Politeknik Negeri Ketapang.

Meanwhile, Vice Director for Student Affairs Epriyandi stated that the Cargill scholarship strengthens the provision of financial support for Politap students pursuing their education. According to Epriyandi, Politap provides funding facilities to students sourced from KIP Kuliah, industry scholarships, UKT (single tuition fee) reductions, and other scholarship facilities.