East Java NU cadres will be trained on IT

Surabaya, NU Online
The Indonesia's biggest Muslim organization Nahdlatul Ulama has increasingly been concerned about the importance of information technology (IT). In this regard the organization will involve some 1500 NU cadres in East Java in a training on IT.

The training program is the collaboration between East Java's NU Regional Board (PWNU) and East Java's PT Telkom Divre V and will be conducted periodically. The training will involve staff and members of institutions, committees (lajnah), autonomous bodies of NU in its all levels across the province.<>

While the first training was conducted at the Broadband Learning Center (BLC), Telkom STO Tropodo, Surabaya on Tuesday (16/9).

Present on the occasion were board members of the PWNU such as KH Miftachul Akhyar (chairman of advisory board), KH Mutawakkil Alallah (chairman of executive board), and H Masyhudi Muchtar (secretary). While from PT Telkom were Triana Mulyatsa and M. Firdaus.

Organizing committee chief, Nur Hidayat, said that the program was aimed at preparing NU staff capable of doing communication of organization through internet like using e-mail.

Through the e-mail, Hidayat said, the communication between NU board members would be more quickly, cheaper and efficient.

While the materials introduced in the training consisted of introduction to internet, email making, mailing list, blog website and how to know qiblat direction by using internet. In this regard ex-chairman of Japan's NU Agus Zainal Arifin was mandated to deliver the materials. (sbh)