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South Jakarta to provide free driving training, licenses to 300 unemployed citizens
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Mobile licensing service– An officer passes through a mobile driver's license service facility on Jl. HR Soebrantas, Pekanbaru, Riau, on Oct.18, 2016 . The South Jakarta Manpower and Transmigration Agency is set to provide car-driving training and driver’s licenses to 300 unemployed citizens this year in a bid to help them obtain jobs. (JP/Rizal Harahap)
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he South Jakarta Manpower and Transmigration Agency is set to provide car-driving training and driver’s licenses to 300 unemployed citizens this year in a bid to help them obtain jobs.
“The training is free of charge. We hope that they can immediately take on jobs after the training,” agency head Chrisnawati Sulistyaningrum was quoted by wartakota.tribunnews.com as saying on Monday. She added that the program was instigated by public aspirations.
“There were more than 1,000 applicants. However, the Bappeda [Jakarta Development Planning Board] only approved 300 from 600 shortlisted candidates,” she said, adding that the popularity of ride-hailing applications had greatly contributed to the number of applicants.
The applicants, whose ages range between 20 and 45, were only required to submit copies of their ID cards, she said, adding that their formal education background was not taken into account.
South Jakarta is home to some 2 million citizens, from which around 120,000 people are without permanent jobs, Chrisnawati said. (fac)
